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Temporary Acting {{LCommRNR}} '''Percy Noble Taylor''', D.S.C. ( – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
Temporary Acting {{LCommRNR}} '''Percy Noble Taylor''', D.S.C., R.N.R. ( – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Taylor was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRNR}} on  
Taylor was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRNR}} on  


Commanded an armed trawler in Area XIV from an uncertain date in late 1915.<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}}  f. 285.</ref>
Commanded an armed trawler in [[Auxiliary Patrol Area XIV]] from an uncertain date in late 1915, being on the books of ''Dreel Castle''.<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}}  f. 285.</ref>


Cautioned following a collision on 25 May 1916.<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}}  f. 285.</ref>
On 15 April 1916 he was admitted to Plymouth Hospital, suffering from plurisy.  He was found fit on the 28th.<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}}  f. 285.</ref>


Command of a group of net drifters[?] in Area XIII and for minesweeping duties.<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}}  f. 285.</ref>
Taylor was cautioned following a collision between a trawler and a collier transport on 25 May 1916.<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}}  f. 285.</ref>
 
On 1 February 1917, Taylor was appointed in command of a group of net drifters in [[Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII]] and for minesweeping duties.<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}}  f. 285.</ref>


Taylor was promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting {{LCommRNR}} on 30 June, 1919.<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}}  f. 285.</ref>
Taylor was promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting {{LCommRNR}} on 30 June, 1919.<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}}  f. 285.</ref>

Revision as of 13:12, 13 April 2022

Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Percy Noble Taylor, D.S.C., R.N.R. ( – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Taylor was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on

Commanded an armed trawler in Auxiliary Patrol Area XIV from an uncertain date in late 1915, being on the books of Dreel Castle.[1]

On 15 April 1916 he was admitted to Plymouth Hospital, suffering from plurisy. He was found fit on the 28th.[2]

Taylor was cautioned following a collision between a trawler and a collier transport on 25 May 1916.[3]

On 1 February 1917, Taylor was appointed in command of a group of net drifters in Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII and for minesweeping duties.[4]

Taylor was promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 30 June, 1919.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Bootle
29 Jul, 1918[6] – 12 Sep, 1918[7]
Succeeded by
Bernard L. Parker
Preceded by
Bernard L. Parker
Captain of H.M.S. Pontefract
12 Sep, 1918[8] – Oct, 1918[9]
Succeeded by
James A. Chalmers
Preceded by
F. C. Guy St. Clair
Captain of H.M.S. Melton
Oct, 1918[10] – 1919[Fact Check]
Succeeded by
Harold R. W. Turnor

Footnotes

  1. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  2. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  3. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  4. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  5. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  6. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  7. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  8. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  9. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 845.