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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar

 

Cuthbert Robert Holland Taylor, C.B.E.

 

Rear-Admiral, RCN

 

Born: 15 Nov 1895, Weymouth, Nova Scotia

 

Died: 22 Aug 1953

 

Ships served in:

HMS CEASAR (1916)

HMCS NIOBE

HMCS RAINBOW

HMS ACHERON (1917-1918)

HMS DRUID (1919)

HMS PARKER (1919)

HMS CARYSFORT (1919)

 HMCS GUELPH D/S

HMCS AURORA

HMCS PATRIOT - 4th Commanding Officer

HMS TEAZER

HMS DIDO (1924)

HMCS YPRES

HMS CHAMPION (1930)

HMS DORSETSHIRE (1930)

HMS NELSON (1937)

HMCS OTTAWA - 2nd Commanding Officer

HMCS ASSINIBOINE - 3rd Commanding Officer

HMCS ST CROIX - Served in St. Croix as Capt (D), Town Class Destroyers

 

(1) LCdr Frederick Brooks-Hill presented with Mentioned-in-Despatches by Commodore Cuthbert Taylor, RCN

From the collection of George Bennett, C1EM, RCN(R)

 

(2) Headstone for Rear-Admiral Taylor in the St Peters Cemetery ,Weymouth North, Digby County, NS

Source: Find-a-Grave

 

 

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