I have seen this before .Can you make out the wording on the board ? I seem to recall the photo was taken as part of a either a ' farewell do ' or a stag night.
I have an old copy of this photo with a handwritten note across the bottom, that reads: Sgt A. K. Taylor in Stocks at C.
It's part of a larger group of snaps that was taken from 1903 to 1912. Carl Smith has one AK Taylor in list of names dated 1941. Possibly the same guy but doubtful.
Edit: C. Cmith also lists an Alexander Keith Taylor of HK Police for 1911, so that's probably him.
He has had a long and distinguished career in the Police and Sanitary Department.
Report of the Registrar General: The Emigration Sergeant, Alexander Keith Taylor was promoted to Sanitary Inspector on 27 March 1911. He was seconded from the Police.
He rose to the rank of Senior Chief Inspector in the Sanitary Department (Urban Council) and was awarded the King's Coronation Medal in 1937 and MBE in 1939. He retired in May 1939.
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I have seen this before .Can
I have seen this before .Can you make out the wording on the board ? I seem to recall the photo was taken as part of a either a ' farewell do ' or a stag night.
Sgt in Stocks
I have an old copy of this photo with a handwritten note across the bottom, that reads: Sgt A. K. Taylor in Stocks at C.
It's part of a larger group of snaps that was taken from 1903 to 1912. Carl Smith has one AK Taylor in list of names dated 1941. Possibly the same guy but doubtful.
Edit: C. Cmith also lists an Alexander Keith Taylor of HK Police for 1911, so that's probably him.
Re: Sgt A K Taylor
He has had a long and distinguished career in the Police and Sanitary Department.
Report of the Registrar General: The Emigration Sergeant, Alexander Keith Taylor was promoted to Sanitary Inspector on 27 March 1911. He was seconded from the Police.
He rose to the rank of Senior Chief Inspector in the Sanitary Department (Urban Council) and was awarded the King's Coronation Medal in 1937 and MBE in 1939. He retired in May 1939.
See HK Telegraph 12 May 1939
Thanks gentlemen, good
Thanks gentlemen, good detective work.
I guess it dates to 1911, when he left the police force to move to the sanitary department.
Regards, David
A K Taylor - In the stocks
The uniforms of his guards would accord to his 1911 inter-departmental transfer.