Mexborough and Swinton Times August 24, 1918

Private J. Taylor

Private J. Taylor, 87, Hamilton Street, Mitchell’s Main, was killed in action on 18 July.

His wife has received a sympathetic letter from the deceased’s  officer, who says a shell burst in the trench where he was working, killing him and another soldier instantaneously.

The officer also pays a warm tribute to the deceased soldier by saying, “A better soldier and worker I have never met. He was one whom I could ill afford to lose.”