Reginald Charles Taylor
Reginald Charles Taylor (c1896-1980)
1934 Appoint R. C. Taylor as Engineer and Manager of the Torquay and Paignton Gas Co.[1]
1948 'R. C. Taylor. M.B.E., J.Sc., M.I Mech.E. engineer and general manager of the Torquay and Paignton Gas Co. since 1934. who has been appointed general manager of the Southern Division (Cornwall, Devon and parts of Somerset) of the South Western Gas Board. Graduating at Leeds University In 1922, Mr. Taylor was then appointed assistant engineer and works manager to the Bridlington Gas Co. In turn he was deputy gas engineer at Singapore (1925-301, and then chief assistant engineer to the Portsmouth and Gosport Company, where he remained for four years until he obtained the Torquay appointment '[2]
1980 Died. 'MR REGINALD CHARLES TAYLOR a former gas industry chief in South Devon has died. He was 84 and is survived by his wife and two sons. Mr Taylor came to Torbay in 1934 when he was appointed engineer and general manager of the Torquay and Paignton Gas Company to whose board he was elected in 1937. During his service with the company the output of gas practically doubled and the area of supply was largely extended. On nationalisation in 1948 he became general manager of the Southern Division of the South West Gas Board covering Cornwall Devon and parts of Somerset. He retired at the end of 1951. He was a BSc of Leeds University and gas industry appointments at Bridlington Singapore and Portsmouth before coming to Torquay. He won the Military Medal in the first world war and for his services to the gas industry and active participation in the Home Guard he was awarded the MBE in 1942. He took part in the hazardous operation of extinguishing a fire at the Hollacombe gas holder when it was bombed during the second world war. During his business career he was chairman of Cleaners and Launderers and a director of Torquay Market Company...'[3]