Maurice Harold Taylor
Maurice Harold Taylor (1890-1951)
1953 Obituary [1]
MAURICE HAROLD TAYLOR who was born in 1890, was educated at Reigate Grammar School and began a five-year apprenticeship with the Lanston Monotype Corporation, Ltd., Redhill, in 1905, on the termination of which he was placed in charge of the firm's production department.
From 1914 to 1925 he held in succession a number of short appointments including that of tool superintendent to Brazil Straker and Company, Ltd., Bristol, and production engineer to the Cosmos Engineering Company, of the same city, with responsibility for the output of aero-engines and light cars.
This was followed by the position of works manager to the Franklin Engineering Company and later by a similar post with Stanfield, Ltd., both of Cardiff.
In 1925 he took up an appointment with the Hammond Pump and Equipment Company, Ltd., London, where he remained for thirteen years.
He then became production manager at the Lagonda works of Wyndam Hewitt, Ltd., and finally, in 1941, was appointed works manager to George Driver and Son, Wembley.
Mr. Taylor had been an Associate Member of the Institution since 1926, and was a member of the East Midlands Branch Committee of the Institution from 1946 to 1949.
His death occurred on 27th December 1951.