Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mr Taylor's occupation as "Green Island Cement Manager". (That list shows Mr Taylor's initials as "R L", but that's a mistake as he didn't have a middle name.)
He's mentioned in the 1941 Jurors List:
| c | Taylor, Robert | Works Manager, Green Island Cement Co. Ld. | Cement Works, Hok Un, Kowloon. |
Jane Taylor writes:
Quite recently, I discovered that he's mentioned briefly in George Wright-Nooth's 'Prisoner of the Turnip Heads'. He shared quarters in Bungalow C with his colleague and friend, Sid Bishop, who was killed in the raid in January 1945.
Comments
Robert (‘Bobby’) Taylor
Date of birth: 2nd June 1888, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Began working for the Green Island Cement Company in Macau, in 1912, later transferring to the Works at Hung Hom. He was Manager and Secretary when he retired in March 1949, and left Hong Kong.
Date of death: 13th January 1974, Glasgow, Scotland.
The blast from the bomb which destroyed Bungalow C in January 1945 blew him through a window. His back was injured, and permanently scarred as a result.