I should have thought about that before. There are actually four men named George Taaffe who served in various units of the British Army in WWI.
One was a Private in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, another was a Private in the Lancashire Fusiliers, the third was a Private in the Royal Munster Fusiliers and then the Royal Army Service Corps, and the fourth was the man you mentioned, who was a Driver in the Royal Field Artillery.
The service record of only one of these men survived and the handwriting doesn't appear to match. Having said that, we have a note here written by a famous calligrapher and her handwriting is nothing like her fine work on the illuminated honour rolls.
I will have a closer look at the sketches in the book to see if they yield any further clues.
Thanks again.
