Douglas John Bulpin TAYLOR
Born: 1890 – christened Thurlbear 13 Apr 1890
Parents
Albion and Mary Jane Taylor nee Bulpin
Greenway Farm
Thurlbear
Married -
Albion died 31 May 1909
Siblings:
Richard Bulpin -
Mabel L – 1874 -
Theodora Emma – 1877 – Married Edwin James Small, Thurlbear 27 Jul 1899
Ernest J – 1879
Frederick A -
Olive S -
Albion Clifford – 1886 -
Harold V -
1911 Census – Mother and Brother Ernest running farm.
Douglas in Hampshire, as a trainee auctioneer.
Joined West Somerset Yeomanary – listed as Sergeant
2 Oct 1915 – From Sgt to 2nd Lt. in West Somerset Yeomanry
1 Jul 1917 2nd Lt to Lt
The Adjutancy was in the hands of officers of the Regiment—
D. J. B. Taylor Adjutant from 11 Mar 17 to October, 1917
August 1918 – Captain of A Company, 12 Bn Somerset Light Infantry.
Killed leading A Company on 2 Sep 1918 in France/Flanders.
The attack met with heavy resistance from the enemy. Artillery and machine gun fire being exceptionally severe. In spite of heavy casualities the advance carried forward until across the Canal du Nord.
On that day the Battalion lost 5 officers, and 41 ORs killed
6 officers wounded and 161 ORs wounded
14 missing
Buried Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
Captain Taylor’s mother had the following plaque placed in the church at Thurlbear.
And on the tombstone in the Cemetry are the words “Far Away from All who Love Him”
World War I