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Latest revision as of 13:45, 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] – 2 Oct, 1918[9]
Succeeded by
James A. Chalmers
Preceded by
F. C. Guy St. Clair
Captain of H.M.S. Melton
2 Oct, 1918[10][11] – 1919[Fact Check]
Succeeded by
Harold R. W. Turnor
Preceded by
?
Senior Officer, Eighteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla
2 Oct, 1918[12][13] – 1919[Fact Check]
Succeeded by
Reginald F. Nichols
as Senior Officer, Eighteenth Minesweeping Flotilla

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. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 845.
  12. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
  13. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 845.