Taylor, Frederick – Grantham policeman for 25 years

Frederick Taylor (1878—1953)

Frederick Taylor Joined the 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment in 1892 and saw active service in the Sudan and South Africa.

He also served a number of years in foreign service in India and Malta. He was discharged from the Army in 1902 with the rank of sergeant.

Mr. Taylor became policeman in the same year, and served as constable until December 1927, when he retired.

On the outbreak of the First World War he was loaned by the police authorities the War Office as drill instructor and he remained in that capacity, as a sergeant, for two years until he was recalled to the police.

He lived on Greenhill Road, Grantham.