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He was born Robert Francis Brydges Naylor and according to the 1891 census was living at Hazeldean, Cuckfield, Sussex with his mother, 2 sisters, 1 brother, 2 visitors and 8 servants. In the 1901 census he is recorded as being at the Winton House Private School, Andover Road, Winchester. In the 1911 Census he is a Lieutenant with the 1st Btn South Staffs Regtstationed at South Barracks Gibraltar. According to London Gazette 26 November 1917 Capt.RFB Naylor MC, S> Staffs Regt. relinquishes the acting rank of Maj on ceasing to command a Divl Sig Co on 20 Sept 1917. According to www.ordersofbattle.com/Persons/PersonAppointments?PerX=7534 during the SecondWorld War he held the following appointments:- 25 Jul 1938 - 5 Sep 1939 Brigadier - Brigadier i/c Admin - HQ Western Command 6 Sep 1939 - 6 Jun 1941 Major-General - Major Gen i/c Admin - HQ Western Command 7 Jan 1941 - 14 Mar 1943 Major Gen - Deputy Quartermaster-Gen - War Office 6 Jun 1944 - 31 Dec 1944 Major Gen - Gen Oficer Commanding - HQ Lines of Communication 21 Army Group According to London Gazette Sept 1946 Maj Gen R F B Naylor CB CBE DSO MC Col Commanding Royal Signals(19402) retired on ret pay 21 Sept 1946 He died at barnet , Middlesex in 1971 between Oct and Dec of that year

There is a photograph of Major-General Robert Francis Brydges Naylor in the National Portrait Gallery, taken by Walter Stoneman in July 1942. www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw109522/Rober... His name is shown in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives stating that the family informed the Centre that there were no papers www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/NAYLOR.shtml. Service biography shown as Joined 1 Bn, South Staffordshire Regt 1909; seconded to Royal Engineers (Signal Service) 1912; World War I 1914-1918; transferred to Royal Signals 1920; Bde Maj, Signal Training Centre 1923-1925; General Staff Officer Grade 2, Malta 1925-1927; Instructor, School of Signals, Catterick 1927-1928; West African Frontier Force 1928-1931; Commander, 3 Div Signals, Bulford 1931-1935; General Staff Officer Grade 1, Scottish Command 1935-1938; Brig in charge of Administration, Western Command 1938-1939; World War II 1939-1945; Maj Gen in charge of Administration 1939-1941; Deputy Quartermaster General, War Office 1941-1943; Vice Quartermaster General, War Office 1943; Commander, Line of Command, 21 Army Group, British Liberation Army 1944; Commander, Northumbrian District 1945-1946; retired 1946; Col Commandant Royal Corps of Signals 1944-1953 www.thepeerage.com shows Maj.-Gen. Robert Francis Brydges Naylor is the son of Charles Topham Naylor. He married Mary Millicent Rachel Byng, daughter of Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford and Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke, on 20 October 1927.

A brief biography and an older photo are shown here www.generals.dk/general/Naylor/Robert_Francis_Brydges/Gre...

Born 6 Oct 1889 according to Death Index. Died 1971 Barnet, Middlesex. His father was Charles Topham Naylor who was at Trinity College, Cambridge. Entered: Michs. 1867 Born: 1848 Died:28 Feb 1937 Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Dec. 12, 1866. [Eldest] s. of Charles, solicitor, of Newton Lodge, Chapel Allerton, Leeds. B. 1848, at Leeds. School, Cheltenham College. Matric. Michs. 1867; B.A. and LL.B. 1871. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Apr. 29, 1869. Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1874. On the North-Eastern Circuit. Died Feb. 28, 1937, at Barton End House, Horsley, Nailsworth, Gloucs. (Cheltenham Coll. Reg.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar; The Times, Mar. 2, 1937.)

Frank Naylor was also a distinguished athlete. He was interested in all forms of sport, was Victor Ludorum at Charterhouse and Sandhurst. He broke the Army record for the long jump at 23 feet and 2 and a half inches in 1913 and this was only surpassed in 1945. He was irish Amateur Athletic Champion in 1914 and represented Ireland in the long jump and hurdles. He was to have competed in the Olympic Games of 1916 had it not been for WW1. In his later life he was very involved with the Royal National Rose Society of which he was President 1963-4 and 1976 -68.

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From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website: Name:NAYLOR, JOHN WILLIE Initials:J W Nationality:United Kingdom Rank:Private Regiment/Service:Manchester Regiment Unit Text:12th Bn. Age:26 Date of Death:25/04/1917 Service No:41925 Additional information:Husband of Martha Alice Naylor, of 4, Newton St., Fuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:Bay 7. Memorial:ARRAS MEMORIAL

From UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War (Ancestry.co.uk): Full name: John William Naylor Formerly 3/32522, North Staffs Regt.

Best match [so far found]. John William [aka Willie] Naylor Born 1890. Recorded in the 1891 census as 10 months old [the 1891 census was taken at midnight on 5th / 6th April 1891] and living with his parents at 10 Canal Road, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks.. He is the oldest child of, ultimately, five children [3 boys, 2 girls] from his father’s first marriage. His father’s [b. 1869, Manchester] employment is recorded as Gas Works Labourer. His mother, Sarah Grace Naylor nee Walton [b1869 Mytholmroyd, Yorks.] died in the second quarter of 1917, so, round about the same time as her son. By the time the 1901 census was taken his family are still living at the same address but by then his father is employed as a Railway Signalman. His marital home was 4 Newton Street, off Tule Lane, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. The premises are still extant. Below is a composite of shots from Google Earth and Street View. The upper part of the picture shows the location of his childhood home in Canal Road. The lower portion shows the location of his marital home with a close-up. Click on the picture for a large version, it's a large photo so may take a while to load.

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