Corporal
Devonshire Regiment | ||
Derbyshire Yeomanry |
Photo courtesy Di & Keith Fretwell
Photos Courtesy Nigel Turner
Biography
Gervaise was born on Spout Farm, Tansley in 1894, the son of Gervaise and Sarah Taylor. He was one of the first to enlist on 5 August 1914, serving with the Derbyshire Yeomanry and Devonshire Regiments. In 1916 he married Elsie Thorpe (sister to Lea Mills soldier Bert Thorpe).
After the war he started Crich's bus service, which was called "My Lady Coach", which ran to Ripley and Derby.
Photos courtesy Nigel Turner
Tansley Roll of Honour
Gervaise was recorded as Corporal, Derbyshire Yeomanry, on the Tansley Roll of Honour. It also shows that he was one of the first to enlist on 5 August 1914.
1901: Spout Farm, Tansley
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
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Gervase | Taylor | Head | 41 | Farmer & milk retailer | Matlock |
Sarah | Taylor | wife | 43 | Crich | |
Mary | Taylor | daughter | 11 | Matlock | |
Agnes | Taylor | daughter | 9 | Matlock | |
Gervase Ed | Taylor | son | 6 | Matlock | |
William | Taylor | son | 3 | Matlock | |
Leonard | Taylor | son | 1 | Matlock |
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1911: Moorside Farm, Tansley
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
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Gervaise Edward | Taylor | servant | 16 | Waggoner on farm | Matlock |
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1939 Register: garage, Bennets Lane, Crich
Gervaise E Taylor
b.14 April 1894; haulage contractor heavy
Elsie Taylor
b.21 July 1892
Gervaise E Taylor jnr b.16 September 1924; coal haulage helping father