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Bertram Taylor (Royal Navy officer)

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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Role
  
Royal Navy officer

Service/branch
  
Died
  
1970


Battles/wars
  
Battles and wars
  
World War II

Name
  
Bertram Taylor

Rank
  
Rear admiral

Bertram Taylor (Royal Navy officer) George Bertram Taylor soldier in WW1

Commands held
  
HMS SevernHMS BlighHMS Exmoor

Awards
  
Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Cross

Rear Admiral Bertram Wilfrid Taylor CB, DSC (23 March 1906 – 1970) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Submarines.

Taylor served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the submarine HMS Severn in May 1939, of the frigate HMS Bligh in January 1945 and of the destroyer HMS Exmoor in July 1945. He went on to be Chief of Staff to the Flag Officer Submarines in November 1950, Captain of the Fleet, Home Fleet in March 1954 and Flag Officer Submarines in November 1957. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1959 before retiring in November 1959.

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Bertram Taylor (Royal Navy officer) Wikipedia


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