Kilbride Parish Church War Memorial
Joseph Patterson Taylor
Date of Birth - 19th March 1883 (GRONI - reference number U/1883/5/1001/9/240)
Place of Birth - Springvale, Doagh
Date of enlistment - unknown
Place of enlistment - unknown
Address at time of enlistment - Brookfield, Doagh
Next of Kin - Frank Taylor (father)
Address of next of kin - Springvale, Doagh
Trade or Calling - cloth bleacher
Service No. - 19956
Unit - 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles
Rank - Serjeant
Died – 13th July 1916
Place of Death – Military hospital in Prisoner of War Camp in Minden, northern Germany
Age at Death – 32
Buried - Hamburg cemetery, grave reference V.C.1
Commemorations - Ballyclare War Memorial and Kilbride Parish Church.
Marital status - unknown
Parents - Frank Taylor (born in England) and Margaret Taylor (née Patterson), Springvale, Doagh. Frank Taylor was manager of Springvale Works and was church warden for many years. Frank died suddenly on 26th January 1919.
Siblings - Robert, John, Thomas, (Joseph), Ellen, Elizabeth and Margaret
Records Available
National Archives of Ireland Census Records
1901 - Walkmills, Kilbride
1911 - Walkmills, Kilbride
Joseph Taylor was recorded as being Presbyterian in both census records although his father, Francis, was Church of Ireland
International Committee of the Red Cross
Details below were taken from documents found on the International Committee of the Red Cross, Switzerland, Records of Prisoners of the First World War
Website - www.grandeguerre.icrc.org
Document R12798 - translated from French
Death Notice
Soldier’s name - Taylor, Joseph
12th Royal Irish Rifles, Serial Number 19956
Born - 19th March 1883 (date confirmed on GRONI - reference number U/1883/5/1001/9/240 - mother’s maiden name was Patterson)
Residence - Brookfield, Co. Antrim, Ireland
Father’s name and address - Frances Joseph Taylor, Springfield (sic)
Taken prisoner on 1st July 1916 at the Somme
Died 13th July 1916 at 11.00pm
Cause of death was tetanus following injury
Buried in the German cemetery called Minden “Minderheide”, Grave Number 143
The grave was marked with a wooden cross inscribed with his name to be able to find him later
No Succession
Taylor was visited by a minister
A handwritten note at the bottom of the document states that a copy in English was sent to the family on 27th July 1916.
Note – Minden is a town in northern Germany west of Hanover.
Document PA 5478 dated 29th July 1916
A list of prisoners of war
No 173 on the list
Family Name - Taylor
First Name - Joseph
Rank - Sergent
Regiment - 12th Royal Irish Rifles
Address - Brookfield
Place of Capture - Hamer
Location - Western Area of Operation
Document PA 5607 dated 5th August 1916 – translated from German
Central Certification Bureau - List of Deaths
Taylor, Josef - Serjent, 12th Royal Irish Rifles died on 13th July 1916 in the military hospital in Minden prison camp. Tetanus.
Document PA 6484 dated 23rd September 1916
Central Certification Bureau - List of Deaths
Died on 13th July 1916 in the military hospital in Minden prison camp. Buried in the Minderheide prison camp cemetery.
Document PA 6936 dated 14th November 1916 – translated from German
War Office - Central Certification Bureau - Military hospital of the Minden prison camp
21st October 1916
Roll call list 15th October 1916 of buried British prisoners of war.
Taylor, Joseph Sergent, 12th Royal Irish Rifles, died 13th July 1916