Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Rifleman George Daniel Taylor, M.M., was born on 20 February 1888 in Paddington, the elder son of James Taylor and Alice Taylor née Pywell. His father was a Plasterer. On 5 April 1888 he was baptised at St Mary Magdalene Church, Rowington Close, Paddington and the records show the family living at 5 Stalham Street, Paddington. They were still living there at time of the 1891 census but had moved to 31 Goldney Road, Maida Vale when the 1901 census was taken.
In October 1905 he was appointed as an Assistant Postman in Paddington and in August 1908 was promoted to Postman in the Western District Office, London. On 7 August 1910 he married Annie Moore at St Luke's Church, Fernhead Road, West Kilburn and his address was shown as 168 Bravington Road, Maida Vale. The 1911 census shows him and his wife living at 247 Portnall Road, Paddington. On 5 July 1913 their daughter, Phyllis Elsie Taylor, was born and when she was baptised on 30 July 1913 the family were still living at 247 Portnall Road. In November
1915 he enlisted in the 1st/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), service number 4753, but was later transferred first to the 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, service number 9/44895 and then to the 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. At some point in the war he was awarded the Military Medal. He was captured and died from heart failure as a prisoner of war, aged 30 years, on 22 June 1918 in Berlin, Germany.
He is buried in Grave I.F.3 at the Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Stahnsdorf, Brandenburg, Germany. In 1919 his widow and daughter were awarded a £15 war gratuity and together with his effects it was split so that his widow received £8-15s-9d and his daughter £17-11s-6d. They were living at this time at 218 Portnall Road, Paddington. He was also posthumously awarded the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal.
