Sergeant, 84 Independent Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He was deployed with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team, part of the Canadian contingent of NATO forces serving in Afghanistan. Aged 28.
Sgt Taylor was one of four Canadian soldiers and a journalist, Michelle Lang, killed by a massive roadside bomb explosion. Four other soldiers and another Canadian civilian official were injured in the incident about four kilometres south of Kandahar city. The three other fallen were Sgt George Miok, Cpl Zachery McCormack, and Pte Garrett Chidley.
Originally from Bear Point, NS Sgt Taylor was a reservist and volunteered for this tour of duty. He also worked for an agency in Yarmouth that provides residential support for people with disabilities, and was a mentor to disadvantaged youth. Called "Sgt Morale", he was a natural born leader with a witty sense of humour. He was remembered as a quietly confident, witty and dedicated man who had long aspired to serve in the war-torn country to contribute to the hopes of the Afghan people.
Sgt Taylor is survived by his mother Tina Smith, younger brother Jim Wickens and sister Stephanie Wickens, his girlfriend Felicia Raymond, extended family and friends. His father, Gary William Taylor, predeceased him in 1983.
Funeral with full military honours was held on January 11, 2010 at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth. Private interment service.
Canada has now lost 138 military personnel in Afghanistan since the mission started in 2002. Ms Lang is the fourth Canadian civilian, along with a diplomat and two aid workers, killed in the conflict.
*Sincere thanks to Reilly for her generous sponsorship of all four soldiers' memorials.
*Thank you, Lou, for the grave photos and obituary:
Sergeant Kirk Garret Taylor was born on April 10, 1981, in Yarmouth Nova Scotia. He was the son of Tina (Christina Marie) Boudreau, Taylor, Wickens, Smith; of Kingman, Arizona, U.S.A. and the late Gary William Taylor. He is also survived by his girlfriend Felicia Dawn Raymond of Digby, Nova Scotia, brother Jim (James) R.T. Wickens of Yarmouth, sister Stephanie J.A. Wickens, of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Survived by grandmothers Mary P. (O’Connell) Whyte of Mount Forest, Ontario, Rosaline M. (Fevens) Taylor Cann of South Ohio, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Grandfather Ted F. Boudreau of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was the last surviving member of the Taylor family line. Predeceased by paternal great grandparents Wardlow and Glendora (Nickerson) Fevens, Leslie A. and Margaret L. (Cann) Taylor, grandfather William (Billy) A. Taylor, father Gary W. Taylor, maternal great grandparents Patrick and Mary O’Connell, Lilian Muise. Grandmother Joyce Margaret (Muise) Boudreau. Following his fathers death in 1983 he moved to Bear Point Shelburne Co. and spent his school years there. Kirk attended the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Elementary School, Barrington Municipal High School, as well as St. Ann’s University and the Yarmouth Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College . Prior to his military career Sergeant Taylor was a member of 327 Unicorn Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in Barrington, Nova Scotia. He later worked as a volunteer instructor with the Corps. He jointed the military on April 5, 2000 serving in the Reserve Force with the 84th Independent Field Battery. Since the completion of basic training, Sergeant Taylor worked as a member of the Artillery School and LFAA TC in Gagetown, New Brunswick. In his civilian life he worked at Y.A.C.R.O.(Yarmouth Association for Community Residential Options). At his job, he worked with people with special needs from all walks of life. Sergeant Taylor completed the Tactical CIMIC Operator course in April 2008. He deployed on Task Force 3-09 to Afghanistan in October 2009, with the Provincial Reconstruction Team as a CIMIC Operator. Sergeant Taylor was a natural born leader. His professionalism and dedication to the task at hand, as well as those under his command, was truly remarkable. As a volunteer instructor with 110 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (RCACC) and as a Team Leader with the Yarmouth Ground Search and Rescue Team, he demonstrated that his passion for helping those in need extended far beyond that which was required of him as a soldier and a care worker with Y.A.C.R.O. He had a unique way of keeping things short and to the point and a wild, witty sense of humor. Kirk often said to his mom” I don’t know how I get away with saying what I say and not getting in trouble”. Regardless of how difficult any challenge may have been, he always met it with a positive “can do” attitude; his mere presence provided inspiration to his soldiers and lifted morale in even the bleakest situations. Visitation hours will be held in Sweeny’s Funeral Home Chapel, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on Sunday January 10, 2010 from 2-4pm and 7-9pm with funeral service to be held in the Yarmouth Mariners Center Monday January 11, 2010 at 2pm with Rev. A.D. Bill Newell, Padre Glen Breen and Padre Jim McCorriston officiating with a private family interment to follow. No flowers will be accepted by family request. Donations may be made to the Sergeant Kirk Taylor Family Support Fund through any branch of the CIBC Bank.
Sergeant Taylor was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kandahar Province on December 30, 2009. He will be sorely missed and dearly remembered by his family, friends, and his Regimental Family as well as the entire community. WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
Sgt Taylor was one of four Canadian soldiers and a journalist, Michelle Lang, killed by a massive roadside bomb explosion. Four other soldiers and another Canadian civilian official were injured in the incident about four kilometres south of Kandahar city. The three other fallen were Sgt George Miok, Cpl Zachery McCormack, and Pte Garrett Chidley.
Originally from Bear Point, NS Sgt Taylor was a reservist and volunteered for this tour of duty. He also worked for an agency in Yarmouth that provides residential support for people with disabilities, and was a mentor to disadvantaged youth. Called "Sgt Morale", he was a natural born leader with a witty sense of humour. He was remembered as a quietly confident, witty and dedicated man who had long aspired to serve in the war-torn country to contribute to the hopes of the Afghan people.
Sgt Taylor is survived by his mother Tina Smith, younger brother Jim Wickens and sister Stephanie Wickens, his girlfriend Felicia Raymond, extended family and friends. His father, Gary William Taylor, predeceased him in 1983.
Funeral with full military honours was held on January 11, 2010 at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth. Private interment service.
Canada has now lost 138 military personnel in Afghanistan since the mission started in 2002. Ms Lang is the fourth Canadian civilian, along with a diplomat and two aid workers, killed in the conflict.
*Sincere thanks to Reilly for her generous sponsorship of all four soldiers' memorials.
*Thank you, Lou, for the grave photos and obituary:
Sergeant Kirk Garret Taylor was born on April 10, 1981, in Yarmouth Nova Scotia. He was the son of Tina (Christina Marie) Boudreau, Taylor, Wickens, Smith; of Kingman, Arizona, U.S.A. and the late Gary William Taylor. He is also survived by his girlfriend Felicia Dawn Raymond of Digby, Nova Scotia, brother Jim (James) R.T. Wickens of Yarmouth, sister Stephanie J.A. Wickens, of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Survived by grandmothers Mary P. (O’Connell) Whyte of Mount Forest, Ontario, Rosaline M. (Fevens) Taylor Cann of South Ohio, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Grandfather Ted F. Boudreau of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was the last surviving member of the Taylor family line. Predeceased by paternal great grandparents Wardlow and Glendora (Nickerson) Fevens, Leslie A. and Margaret L. (Cann) Taylor, grandfather William (Billy) A. Taylor, father Gary W. Taylor, maternal great grandparents Patrick and Mary O’Connell, Lilian Muise. Grandmother Joyce Margaret (Muise) Boudreau. Following his fathers death in 1983 he moved to Bear Point Shelburne Co. and spent his school years there. Kirk attended the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Elementary School, Barrington Municipal High School, as well as St. Ann’s University and the Yarmouth Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College . Prior to his military career Sergeant Taylor was a member of 327 Unicorn Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in Barrington, Nova Scotia. He later worked as a volunteer instructor with the Corps. He jointed the military on April 5, 2000 serving in the Reserve Force with the 84th Independent Field Battery. Since the completion of basic training, Sergeant Taylor worked as a member of the Artillery School and LFAA TC in Gagetown, New Brunswick. In his civilian life he worked at Y.A.C.R.O.(Yarmouth Association for Community Residential Options). At his job, he worked with people with special needs from all walks of life. Sergeant Taylor completed the Tactical CIMIC Operator course in April 2008. He deployed on Task Force 3-09 to Afghanistan in October 2009, with the Provincial Reconstruction Team as a CIMIC Operator. Sergeant Taylor was a natural born leader. His professionalism and dedication to the task at hand, as well as those under his command, was truly remarkable. As a volunteer instructor with 110 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (RCACC) and as a Team Leader with the Yarmouth Ground Search and Rescue Team, he demonstrated that his passion for helping those in need extended far beyond that which was required of him as a soldier and a care worker with Y.A.C.R.O. He had a unique way of keeping things short and to the point and a wild, witty sense of humor. Kirk often said to his mom” I don’t know how I get away with saying what I say and not getting in trouble”. Regardless of how difficult any challenge may have been, he always met it with a positive “can do” attitude; his mere presence provided inspiration to his soldiers and lifted morale in even the bleakest situations. Visitation hours will be held in Sweeny’s Funeral Home Chapel, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on Sunday January 10, 2010 from 2-4pm and 7-9pm with funeral service to be held in the Yarmouth Mariners Center Monday January 11, 2010 at 2pm with Rev. A.D. Bill Newell, Padre Glen Breen and Padre Jim McCorriston officiating with a private family interment to follow. No flowers will be accepted by family request. Donations may be made to the Sergeant Kirk Taylor Family Support Fund through any branch of the CIBC Bank.
Sergeant Taylor was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kandahar Province on December 30, 2009. He will be sorely missed and dearly remembered by his family, friends, and his Regimental Family as well as the entire community. WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
Sergeant, 84 Independent Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He was deployed with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team, part of the Canadian contingent of NATO forces serving in Afghanistan. Aged 28.
Sgt Taylor was one of four Canadian soldiers and a journalist, Michelle Lang, killed by a massive roadside bomb explosion. Four other soldiers and another Canadian civilian official were injured in the incident about four kilometres south of Kandahar city. The three other fallen were Sgt George Miok, Cpl Zachery McCormack, and Pte Garrett Chidley.
Originally from Bear Point, NS Sgt Taylor was a reservist and volunteered for this tour of duty. He also worked for an agency in Yarmouth that provides residential support for people with disabilities, and was a mentor to disadvantaged youth. Called "Sgt Morale", he was a natural born leader with a witty sense of humour. He was remembered as a quietly confident, witty and dedicated man who had long aspired to serve in the war-torn country to contribute to the hopes of the Afghan people.
Sgt Taylor is survived by his mother Tina Smith, younger brother Jim Wickens and sister Stephanie Wickens, his girlfriend Felicia Raymond, extended family and friends. His father, Gary William Taylor, predeceased him in 1983.
Funeral with full military honours was held on January 11, 2010 at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth. Private interment service.
Canada has now lost 138 military personnel in Afghanistan since the mission started in 2002. Ms Lang is the fourth Canadian civilian, along with a diplomat and two aid workers, killed in the conflict.
*Sincere thanks to Reilly for her generous sponsorship of all four soldiers' memorials.
*Thank you, Lou, for the grave photos and obituary:
Sergeant Kirk Garret Taylor was born on April 10, 1981, in Yarmouth Nova Scotia. He was the son of Tina (Christina Marie) Boudreau, Taylor, Wickens, Smith; of Kingman, Arizona, U.S.A. and the late Gary William Taylor. He is also survived by his girlfriend Felicia Dawn Raymond of Digby, Nova Scotia, brother Jim (James) R.T. Wickens of Yarmouth, sister Stephanie J.A. Wickens, of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Survived by grandmothers Mary P. (O’Connell) Whyte of Mount Forest, Ontario, Rosaline M. (Fevens) Taylor Cann of South Ohio, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Grandfather Ted F. Boudreau of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was the last surviving member of the Taylor family line. Predeceased by paternal great grandparents Wardlow and Glendora (Nickerson) Fevens, Leslie A. and Margaret L. (Cann) Taylor, grandfather William (Billy) A. Taylor, father Gary W. Taylor, maternal great grandparents Patrick and Mary O’Connell, Lilian Muise. Grandmother Joyce Margaret (Muise) Boudreau. Following his fathers death in 1983 he moved to Bear Point Shelburne Co. and spent his school years there. Kirk attended the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Elementary School, Barrington Municipal High School, as well as St. Ann’s University and the Yarmouth Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College . Prior to his military career Sergeant Taylor was a member of 327 Unicorn Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in Barrington, Nova Scotia. He later worked as a volunteer instructor with the Corps. He jointed the military on April 5, 2000 serving in the Reserve Force with the 84th Independent Field Battery. Since the completion of basic training, Sergeant Taylor worked as a member of the Artillery School and LFAA TC in Gagetown, New Brunswick. In his civilian life he worked at Y.A.C.R.O.(Yarmouth Association for Community Residential Options). At his job, he worked with people with special needs from all walks of life. Sergeant Taylor completed the Tactical CIMIC Operator course in April 2008. He deployed on Task Force 3-09 to Afghanistan in October 2009, with the Provincial Reconstruction Team as a CIMIC Operator. Sergeant Taylor was a natural born leader. His professionalism and dedication to the task at hand, as well as those under his command, was truly remarkable. As a volunteer instructor with 110 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (RCACC) and as a Team Leader with the Yarmouth Ground Search and Rescue Team, he demonstrated that his passion for helping those in need extended far beyond that which was required of him as a soldier and a care worker with Y.A.C.R.O. He had a unique way of keeping things short and to the point and a wild, witty sense of humor. Kirk often said to his mom” I don’t know how I get away with saying what I say and not getting in trouble”. Regardless of how difficult any challenge may have been, he always met it with a positive “can do” attitude; his mere presence provided inspiration to his soldiers and lifted morale in even the bleakest situations. Visitation hours will be held in Sweeny’s Funeral Home Chapel, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on Sunday January 10, 2010 from 2-4pm and 7-9pm with funeral service to be held in the Yarmouth Mariners Center Monday January 11, 2010 at 2pm with Rev. A.D. Bill Newell, Padre Glen Breen and Padre Jim McCorriston officiating with a private family interment to follow. No flowers will be accepted by family request. Donations may be made to the Sergeant Kirk Taylor Family Support Fund through any branch of the CIBC Bank.
Sergeant Taylor was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kandahar Province on December 30, 2009. He will be sorely missed and dearly remembered by his family, friends, and his Regimental Family as well as the entire community. WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
Sgt Taylor was one of four Canadian soldiers and a journalist, Michelle Lang, killed by a massive roadside bomb explosion. Four other soldiers and another Canadian civilian official were injured in the incident about four kilometres south of Kandahar city. The three other fallen were Sgt George Miok, Cpl Zachery McCormack, and Pte Garrett Chidley.
Originally from Bear Point, NS Sgt Taylor was a reservist and volunteered for this tour of duty. He also worked for an agency in Yarmouth that provides residential support for people with disabilities, and was a mentor to disadvantaged youth. Called "Sgt Morale", he was a natural born leader with a witty sense of humour. He was remembered as a quietly confident, witty and dedicated man who had long aspired to serve in the war-torn country to contribute to the hopes of the Afghan people.
Sgt Taylor is survived by his mother Tina Smith, younger brother Jim Wickens and sister Stephanie Wickens, his girlfriend Felicia Raymond, extended family and friends. His father, Gary William Taylor, predeceased him in 1983.
Funeral with full military honours was held on January 11, 2010 at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth. Private interment service.
Canada has now lost 138 military personnel in Afghanistan since the mission started in 2002. Ms Lang is the fourth Canadian civilian, along with a diplomat and two aid workers, killed in the conflict.
*Sincere thanks to Reilly for her generous sponsorship of all four soldiers' memorials.
*Thank you, Lou, for the grave photos and obituary:
Sergeant Kirk Garret Taylor was born on April 10, 1981, in Yarmouth Nova Scotia. He was the son of Tina (Christina Marie) Boudreau, Taylor, Wickens, Smith; of Kingman, Arizona, U.S.A. and the late Gary William Taylor. He is also survived by his girlfriend Felicia Dawn Raymond of Digby, Nova Scotia, brother Jim (James) R.T. Wickens of Yarmouth, sister Stephanie J.A. Wickens, of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Survived by grandmothers Mary P. (O’Connell) Whyte of Mount Forest, Ontario, Rosaline M. (Fevens) Taylor Cann of South Ohio, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Grandfather Ted F. Boudreau of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was the last surviving member of the Taylor family line. Predeceased by paternal great grandparents Wardlow and Glendora (Nickerson) Fevens, Leslie A. and Margaret L. (Cann) Taylor, grandfather William (Billy) A. Taylor, father Gary W. Taylor, maternal great grandparents Patrick and Mary O’Connell, Lilian Muise. Grandmother Joyce Margaret (Muise) Boudreau. Following his fathers death in 1983 he moved to Bear Point Shelburne Co. and spent his school years there. Kirk attended the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Elementary School, Barrington Municipal High School, as well as St. Ann’s University and the Yarmouth Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College . Prior to his military career Sergeant Taylor was a member of 327 Unicorn Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in Barrington, Nova Scotia. He later worked as a volunteer instructor with the Corps. He jointed the military on April 5, 2000 serving in the Reserve Force with the 84th Independent Field Battery. Since the completion of basic training, Sergeant Taylor worked as a member of the Artillery School and LFAA TC in Gagetown, New Brunswick. In his civilian life he worked at Y.A.C.R.O.(Yarmouth Association for Community Residential Options). At his job, he worked with people with special needs from all walks of life. Sergeant Taylor completed the Tactical CIMIC Operator course in April 2008. He deployed on Task Force 3-09 to Afghanistan in October 2009, with the Provincial Reconstruction Team as a CIMIC Operator. Sergeant Taylor was a natural born leader. His professionalism and dedication to the task at hand, as well as those under his command, was truly remarkable. As a volunteer instructor with 110 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (RCACC) and as a Team Leader with the Yarmouth Ground Search and Rescue Team, he demonstrated that his passion for helping those in need extended far beyond that which was required of him as a soldier and a care worker with Y.A.C.R.O. He had a unique way of keeping things short and to the point and a wild, witty sense of humor. Kirk often said to his mom” I don’t know how I get away with saying what I say and not getting in trouble”. Regardless of how difficult any challenge may have been, he always met it with a positive “can do” attitude; his mere presence provided inspiration to his soldiers and lifted morale in even the bleakest situations. Visitation hours will be held in Sweeny’s Funeral Home Chapel, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on Sunday January 10, 2010 from 2-4pm and 7-9pm with funeral service to be held in the Yarmouth Mariners Center Monday January 11, 2010 at 2pm with Rev. A.D. Bill Newell, Padre Glen Breen and Padre Jim McCorriston officiating with a private family interment to follow. No flowers will be accepted by family request. Donations may be made to the Sergeant Kirk Taylor Family Support Fund through any branch of the CIBC Bank.
Sergeant Taylor was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kandahar Province on December 30, 2009. He will be sorely missed and dearly remembered by his family, friends, and his Regimental Family as well as the entire community. WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
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