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Herbert Earnest Taylor | from Charlton to Egypt

In the interview attached, Desmond Taylor details the journey of his father and two elder brothers on a trajectory that would take them overseas and back to the family home; from where they enlisted at the Royal Artillery in Woolwich, to Egypt in Herbert's case, all three brothers came back home in health.Contributed via Age Exchange (http:\\www.age-exchange.org.uk) as part of the Children of the Great War project (http:\\www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk) at a collection day at Age Exchange, London, UK. To see all material contributed by Age Exchange, or to see more contributions from this collection day, follow the links at http://www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk/archive.html - For further information email: greatwar@age-exchange.org.uk
(1) Transcript of interview with Desmond Taylor (2) Postcard with photograph of Herb Earnest Taylor

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Herbert Earnest Taylor
Herbert Earnest Taylor in Uniform
Postcard
Postcard home from Herbert
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Interview with Desmond Taylor
Interview

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CONTRIBUTOR

Desmond Taylor

DATE

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LANGUAGE

eng

ITEMS

6

INSTITUTION

Europeana 1914-1918

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UGC

Contributor

europeana19141918:agent/e44f6bb89956bd2653b463d9db04b725

Type

Story

Language

eng
English

Country

Europe

DataProvider

Europeana 1914-1918

Provider

Europeana 1914-1918

DatasetName

2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

Language

mul

Agent

Herbert 'Bert' Taylor | europeana19141918:agent/93b64bcc9b4576a73bb2220d5fbf82eb
Desmond Taylor | europeana19141918:agent/e44f6bb89956bd2653b463d9db04b725

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2019-09-11T08:09:03.709Z
2020-02-25T08:03:45.111Z
2020-02-25T08:03:45.112Z
2014-07-08 16:56:02 UTC
1915
2014-07-08 16:59:36 UTC
2014-07-08 17:01:36 UTC
2014-07-08 17:02:52 UTC

Provenance

COTGW_AE

Record ID

/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_16703

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