Date of Birth
16 October, 1916
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher, Alexandra JM, Hounslow
WW2 rank
Lieutenant
H.M.S. Nile., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Theatre of war
Africa
Date of death
20 June, 1944
Location of death
Alexandria, Egypt
Buried/memorial
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery
Awards/Honours
Biography
Lieutenant Harry Ernest Houldsworth Taylor studied at Borough Road College from 1936 to 1938. White there he was an active member of the Musical Society, playing his violin at many college concerts. After graduation he became a teacher at Alexandra JM in Hounslow. During the war Lieutenant Taylor was assigned to the H.M.S. Nile, a Navel Shore Establishment in Alexandria, Egypt. It is not known how he died. Lieutenant Taylor is remembered at Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery.
Sources
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
B’s Hum 1937 and B’s Hum 1938, BRC Archives
Borough Road College 1936 Registry