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Stanley Taylor—A Photo Album

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Stanley Ernest Taylor

In June 2012, while my partner and I were traveling in England, I had the pleasure of meeting with Stanley Taylor’s daughter, Barbara Chapman. My first contact with her had been in April. When she heard we would be in the Cotswolds, she wrote back to say, “You’ll be on my doorstep when you are in Cheltenham.”

The day we arrived, Barbara met us at the train station and took us to our hotel, where we enjoyed a visit over afternoon tea. Barbara brought a envelope full of pictures, which I photographed. I am pleased to share them here.

Additional photos are on a previous post, “Stanley Taylor in Switzerland.” Also, read about Stanley on “Stanley Ernest Taylor.”

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Stanley Ernest Taylor

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This photo of Stanley Taylor was sent to me by his daughter, Barbara Chapman. Written on the back of the photo is this information:

TAYLOR. STANLEY. L/BDR 1555824.
14/45.
P.G. 59. PM. 3300
ITALIA.

MRS. M.A.E. TAYLOR.
81 ASTBURY ROAD. QUEENS ROAD.
PECKHAM, LONDON. S.E. 15.
ENGLAND

I exchanged several e-mails with Barbara Chapman of Worcester, England, last month.

Barbara wrote:

“Please find attached a photograph of my father, Lance Bombadier Stanley Ernest Taylor, 1555827, Royal Artillery, along with the reverse giving his POW details. My Dad died in June 1973, and all I have are photographs which he’d kept of my Mum and some taken in Africa prior to his capture. However, on the back of these photographs, all rather faded, are details of his capture and also a brief diary. I have to admit for a while I thought it was a shopping list, until I looked closely and realised there were dates, etc.

“Dad’s records from the Ministry of Defence state he was a POW in Italian hands from December 29, 1941 to November 2, 1944.”

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