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Talbot House Register of names Talbot House

Sgt. · C Company, 1/16 London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

John Henry Tait Corlett

† 19/12/1915 · aged 23 · Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, I.B.71; personal inscription: LIFE AND DEATH GO HAND IN HAND 'TIS BUT A STEP ONE TO THE OTHER

Personal data

NameCorlett
InitialsJ.H.T.
Christian nameJohn Henry Tait
FamilySon of Arthur William Corlett, of 16, Loxley Rd., Wandsworth Common, London.

Military data

Service number1465
RankSgt.
Regiment / UnitC Company, 1/16 London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Date of death
Age23
Cemetery / MemorialYpres Reservoir Cemetery, I.B.71; personal inscription: LIFE AND DEATH GO HAND IN HAND 'TIS BUT A STEP ONE TO THE OTHER

Other information

Information
Killed in the first phosgene attack. Had Christmas party at Talbot House the day before.

Sources

Source
Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell: index