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He seems to have remained {{UK-Edinburgh|f=p}}<ref>[http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19613 "Navalis" on WorldNavalShips.com BBS, 10 April, 2018].</ref> until promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1941.{{NLDec41|p. 130}} | He seems to have remained {{UK-Edinburgh|f=p}}<ref>[http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19613 "Navalis" on WorldNavalShips.com BBS, 10 April, 2018].</ref> until promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1941.{{NLDec41|p. 130}} | ||
In September 1943 he was appointed to | In September 1943 he was appointed to the shore establishment H.M.S. ''Lanka'' as Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet.{{NLOct43|p. ? per [http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19613 "Navalis" on WorldNavalShips.com BBS, 10 April, 2018]}} | ||
On 2 December, 1944 he was appointed to {{UK-Howe|f=p}} as Staff Officer (Operations) to Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser.{{NLJul45|p. ? per [http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19613 "Navalis" on WorldNavalShips.com BBS, 10 April, 2018]}} | On 2 December, 1944 he was appointed to {{UK-Howe|f=p}} as Staff Officer (Operations) to Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser.{{NLJul45|p. ? per [http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19613 "Navalis" on WorldNavalShips.com BBS, 10 April, 2018]}} | ||
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Commander Alyn Lee Taylor, O.B.E., R.N. (23 June, 1906 – 8 December, 1947) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The elder son of Guy L. Taylor.[1]
Taylor entered the navy on 15 May, 1920 and proved himself a truly extraordinary young naval officer, being awarded the Beaufort Testimonial with Wharton Testimonial (1928), the Ronald Megaw Memorial Prize (1928-29), the Robert Roxburgh Memorial Prize and the Ogilvy Medal. He was appointed to Iron Duke in the Mediterranean on 15 January, 1925. Soon after, he was in Resolution and Royal Sovereign.
Taylor was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 December, 1928.
He spent one year in Malaya, appointed 12 April, 1930 before the Service Record we have for him peters out in 1931.
Taylor was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 December, 1936.[2] He was appointed to the new light cruiser Edinburgh as torpedo officer on 13 May, 1938, to remain with her upon her first commissioning.[3]
He seems to have remained H.M.S. Edinburgh[4] until promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1941.[5]
In September 1943 he was appointed to the shore establishment H.M.S. Lanka as Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet.Admiralty. The Navy List. (October, 1943). Corrected to 18 September, 1943.
On 2 December, 1944 he was appointed to H.M.S. Howe as Staff Officer (Operations) to Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser.Admiralty. The Navy List. (July, 1945). Corrected to 18 June, 1945.
Taylor died "suddenly and peacefully" aged just forty-one at Rowners, Fleet, Hants.[6] His loved ones "Simon" and "Pegs" sent in Memoriam notices to The Times on anniversaries of his death, the last being on the twentieth anniversary.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Deaths" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 10, 1947; pg. 1; Issue 50940.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 280.
- ↑ "Navalis" on WorldNavalShips.com BBS, 10 April, 2018.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 130.
- ↑ "Deaths" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 10, 1947; pg. 1; Issue 50940.
