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Identity
Person No.
33220
Service No.
94856215
Last Name
First Name
Rupert William
Initials
R W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during Rand Revolt, shot by Herbert Hull and David Lewis
Notes

Son of William Twentyman Taylor. In Samuel Alfred (Taffy) LONG's biographical entry in the New Dictionary of South African Biography, Vol. 1, it states that he was hanged on 17 November 1922, at the Central Prison in Pretoria, together with Herbert HULL and David LEWIS. Hull and Lewis were sentenced for the murder of Lt. Rupert William TAYLOR.

Research notes

First record of a sequential SAWGP citation smear; following PersonNumbers cleared. Award not independently name-matched.

Citations

LG Sup 17 April 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed great courage on several occasions in getting his men and mules through heavy shell fire. He set a splendid example to his men throughout under the most difficult circumstances."

LG Sup 17 April 1917 p.3735
LG Sup 17 April 1917 p.3735
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