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Corporal James Archibald Taylor

 

 

Number: 38585

Company: 29th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

ENLISTMENT

Date: 2 January 1902

Place: Dublin

Age: 29 years

Trade of calling: Clerk, Irish Land Commission

Place of birth: In the Parish of __, in or near the Town of Monasterevan, in the County of Kildare

Family: Father Edward Thomas Taylor (dec.), mother Cordelia Mary Taylor (nee Gooding), 37 Grosvenor Square, Rathmines; wife Florence Wray Taylor (nee Cox), Brayside, Newport.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 8". Complexion fresh, eyes hazel, hair black.

Religion: Church of England

DEATH

Date: 4 April 1902

Place: The Curragh, Ireland

Cause: Accidentally shot in the head by a bullet discharged by a Colt automatic gun during training.

Buried/ commemorated: Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.

 

Belfast News-Letter, 7 April 1902

 

Dublin Daily Express, 9 April 1902

 

A detaled report of the Coroner's inquest can be seen here.

 

The image of Taylor, from the Belfast Weekly Telegraph of 16 April 1902, can be seen in its full context here.

This page last updated 27 January 2026.