Gunner Raymond K Taylor

Raymond Kenneth ‘Ken’ Taylor was the son of William and Eliza Jane Taylor, of Old Hill, Staffordshire, he enlisted in the South Staffordshire Regiment and volunteered for airborne forces.

Gunner Taylor successfully completed parachute training at RAF Ringway and also glider training. He was posted to E Troop HQ, 4 Airlanding Ant-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery, and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

Gnr Taylor was killed in action on 6 June 1944, aged 22, when his glider, which took off from Tarrant Rushton, was shot down and crashed in the sea just off the coast. His body was recovered by the Germans and he was given a field burial near Notre Dame d’Estrees, and was re-interred to Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France on 8 October 1945.

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