Alexander Taylor
| Rank | Captain |  |
| Medals | 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | Royal Scots, 9th (Highlanders) Battalion | |
| Military Service | When the Volunteer Force was reorganized into the Territorial Force in 1908 Taylor already held the rank of Captain which suggests he had been in the 9th Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Scots for a number of years. There is a suggestion in a newspaper obituary that Taylor served in the Boer War and it is certainly true that some members of the 9th Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Scots did go to South Africa but it has proved impossible to show that Taylor was one of them. | |
| Born | 25th March 1872, Carrickfergus | |
| Death | 21st April 1917 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Son of the late James Taylor and Helen Stewart Taylor; husband of Rhoda Macintyre White (formerly Taylor), of “Highlands,” Taunton, Somerset. Born at Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim. M.A., LL.B. and Sheriff-Substitute of Forfar. | |
| Age | 45 | |
| Burial | Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, I. B. 27 | |
| CWGC Information | Son of the late James Taylor and Helen Stewart Taylor; husband of Rhoda Macintyre White (formerly Taylor), of “Highlands,” Taunton, Somerset. Born at Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim. M.A., LL.B. and Sheriff-Substitute of Forfar. | |
| Parents | James Taylor (c1837-1871) & Ellen Stewart (c1847-1931) mar. 1866, Glasgow | |
| Father's Occupation | Flax Spinner; partner in Barn Mills, Carrickfergus | |
| Siblings | Edith M (1867-), Arthur S (1868-), James (1869-1896), Mabel E, (Mrs Coulson) (1870-1932) | |
| Spouse | Rhoda Macintyre White (formerly Taylor), did not remarry until after 1919. | |
| Education | University of Glasgow, MA 1892; LLB 1895 | |
| Occupation | Advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of Forfarshire | |
| 1881 Census | St Andrews Avenue, Bothwell, Lanarkshire | |
| 1891 Census | Hillhead Street, Partick | |
| 1901 Census | 8 Albany Street, Edinburgh | |
| 1911 Census | Not known | |
| Home Address | 1917 – Rosehill, Brechin | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Upsilon Lair not known | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| Other Information | Admitted to Faculty of Advocates 1896 | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past. | |
Gallery
Alex Taylor Monument - Upsilon
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
