Percival Harry Taylor

Percival matriculated at the University aged 18 to study Engineering, taking classes in subjects such as Natural Philosophy, Mathematics and Chemistry. Whilst at University he resided in Partick. The outbreak of war interrupted his studies, and Percival enlisted with the Lancashire Fusiliers, serving as a 2nd Lieutenant. On the 13th June 1917, Lieutenant Percival Harry Taylor was killed in action, aged 21. He was laid to rest at Gorre British Cemetery, France, with the grave inscription ‘I thank my God, Upon Every Remembrance of You’.