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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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From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website:

Name: NAYLOR, FREDERICK HENRY
Initials:F H
Nationality:Australian
Rank:Captain
Regiment/Service:Imperial Camel Corps (Australian)
Unit Text:1st Australian Bn.
Age:39
Date of Death:19/04/1917
Awards:Mentioned in Despatches
Additional information:Son of William Henry and Fanny Naylor, of 33, Finch St., East Malvern, Victoria, Australia. Native of Melbourne, Victoria.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:Panel 59.
Memorial:JERUSALEM MEMORIAL

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Second Lieutenant Frederick Henry Naylor, Imperial Camel Corps from Malvern Victoria. A 36 year old plantation manager prior to being appointed an officer in the AIF on 16 April 1915, he had previously served with the 4th Victorian Contingent to South Africa from March 1900 to September 1901. He embarked for overseas with the 21st Battalion Headquarters staff from Melbourne on 10 May 1915 aboard HMAT Ulysses. After being promoted to Lieutenant on 26 August 1915, he transferred to the Camel Corps on 1 February 1916 and was promoted to Captain on 1 March 1916. While serving in the Middle East, he was Mentioned in Dispatches for gallantry and was later killed in action near Gaza on 19 April 1917. Captain Naylor has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem War Cemetery Memorial, Israel

I have just purchased this gentlemans camel corp saddle pannier, with his name on it. Does anyone know if he has any surviving relatives

wow good luck lockey77, let us know if you find anything out.

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Difficult to find any trace of this officer in the London Gazette or National Archive Medal Index. A search on 5th Battalion London Regiment offers no clues either. Could this be Jack A Leyland-Naylor who was commissioned into the Imperial Yeomanry in February 1901 (from Corporal) but required to leave the Army in December 1901. There appears to be a record of Jack A Leyland-Naylor married in Kensington in 1902. Strange ring worn on his left hand little finger, yet no wedding ring, nor any Boer War medal ribbons - so maybe a long-shot on Leyland-Naylor?

Possibly Second Lieutenant James Reginald Naylor, London Regiment, commissioned from the ranks - he had been 4099 Private J R Naylor and also previously 741823 Private J R Naylor in the London Regiment (same man, two different numbers).

Second Lieutenant James Reginald Naylor was commissioned on 17th September 1917 and killed in action on 26th October 1917 - serving with 1st Battalion London Regiment. The 5th Battalion LONDONS - London Rifle Brigade cap badge in this photograph is very distinctive - so it's not him.//

I think I may have him. There is a John Murray Naylor gazetted to be Captain in the 5th Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) wef 2nd November 1914 [London Gazette 28975 dated 13th November 1914]. Captain John Murray Naylor is also noted in the London Gazette of 9th March 1917. He was previously a Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Army, having, from 14th November 1909, held a commissiion as a Second Lieutenant in the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. From 'The Peerage': John Murray Naylor was born on 20 July 1888 at Easter Ogil, Forfar, Angus, Scotland. He was the son of John Naylor and Magdalene Tod. He married Hon. Winifred Elspeth Guthrie Williamson, daughter of Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres and Caroline Maria Hayne, on 12 June 1912. He and Hon. Winifred Elspeth Guthrie Williamson were divorced in 1941. He died on 25 October 1969 at age 81 at Angus, Scotland. His family lived in 1891 at Ollerton, Lancashire, England. He later lived at Upham, Hampshire, England; and afterwards at Leighton Hall, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.).

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