Am I on a hiding to nothing?

[askyourgran]

My BIL has a disc belonging to a past relative and he doesn't know who he was could be his grandmother's brother in law or husband. I think this was a WW1 inscribed 4 E. Yorks Regiment, CE, R E Taylor 4696. The disc is a dull reddish colour not metal as far as I can make out. The Grandmothers name was Elisa Anne Taylor, nee Mainprice from Hull. East Yorkshire. That is all I know. I've looked at ancestry but no luck. Bit of a long shot, anyone any ideas?

[Mosaic]

Sounds like an identity disc ('dog tag' in american):
http://www.pathsofglo...uk/identity_discs.htm
Each soldier had two, one was cut off the dead body for identifaction and 'accounting'.
Sadly, just the one may indicate the owner ied in combat.

[Mosaic]

If it is a casulaty there's a whole rack of 'taylors' here you can work through to locate him:
http://www.cwgc.org/s...6&send.x=45&send.y=18

[Mosaic]

...And here's his record:
http://www.cwgc.org/s....aspx?casualty=201833

Sorry to bear sad news.

[askyourgran]

Thank you so much Mosaic that is really helpful, and so quick too. Now I can pass on this information, hopefully I'll get to know more about the Grandmothers link to him. Thanks again.