Bertram Wilfrid Taylor DSC, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

Rear-Admiral
15 Mar 1927S.Lt.
15 Oct 1928Lt.
15 Oct 1936Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1941Cdr.
31 Dec 1947Capt.


Retired: 7 Jan 1960

Decorations

29 May 1945DSC
1 Jan 1959CB

Warship Commands listed for Bertram Wilfrid Taylor, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Severn (N 57)Lt.Cdr.SubmarineMay 193930 Oct 1940
HMS Bligh (K 467)Cdr.Frigate26 Jan 194531 Jul 1945
HMS Exmoor (ii) (L 08)Cdr.Escort destroyer9 Jul 1945Oct 1945 ?

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Submarine HMS Severn (N 57)


4 May 1940
HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. B.W. Taylor, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Swedish sailing vessel Monark (1786 GRT) off Lister, Norway in position 57º57'N, 06º13'E. The Monark was in German service at that time.


Frigate HMS Bligh (K 467)


27 Jan 1945
The German submarine U-1172 was sunk in St George´s Channel, in position 52º24'N, 05º42'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Tyler (A/Lt.Cdr. C.H. Ranking, RN), HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, DSC, RNR) and HMS Bligh (Cdr. B.W. Taylor, RN).

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