Taylor, James Duthie
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: The London Scottish
Biography: Son of James Taylor and of Margaret Taylor (nee Duthie), of Aberdeen; nephew of Mrs. J. A. Duthie, of Aberdeen.; born Aberdeen, 1916 ; educated at Aberdeen Central School. He served an apprenticeship with Messrs. Blake, Ltd., Aberdeen, but in 1939 entered the University to take the medical course. In 1940 he joined the Black Watch, from which he was later transferred to the London Scottish. He saw a good deal of service with his unit till he fell in action in March 1944.
Date of Death: March 1944
Burial Details: Buried at Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, IX. G. 4
Publication: Roll of Remembrance. Published 1952.
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