- SURNAME
Taylor
- FORENAME
Anthony Trevor
- UNIT
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
22881897
- AWARD
George Medal
- PLACE
Cyprus 1957
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
London Gazette 41020, 8th March 1957, Page 1575
CITATION:
George Medal : At 0900 hours on 7th October, 1956, Sergeant TAYLOR, R.A.O.C., the Ammunition Examiner attached to an infantry brigade, was called out to deal with time bombs located in a practically completed new Police Station.
On arrival he was informed that three bombs had already exploded, the last of which had gone off some ten minutes before, doing considerable
damage, and that it was thought there might be others.
Sergeant TAYLOR at once entered the building and, regardless of his own safety, searched the various rooms, eventually finding a fourth bomb
concealed in the wall beneath the stairs. A time pencil protruded from this bomb but Sergeant TAYLOR, although he knew it might go off at any moment, removed the pencil, and, having great difficulty in getting it out, broke the end off the detonator in the process. He then removed the bomb and while he was doing so the striker in the time pencil operated harmlessly in his hand.
Had it not been for his extreme devotion to duty and his prompt and unhesitant action, not only Sergeant TAYLOR himself, but several others,
would have been blown up and considerable damage would have been caused to the building.
During the past six months Sergeant TAYLOR has dealt with no less than ten similar time bombs and many home made bombs and grenades which
he has been called out to examine and render safe.
On arrival he was informed that three bombs had already exploded, the last of which had gone off some ten minutes before, doing considerable
damage, and that it was thought there might be others.
Sergeant TAYLOR at once entered the building and, regardless of his own safety, searched the various rooms, eventually finding a fourth bomb
concealed in the wall beneath the stairs. A time pencil protruded from this bomb but Sergeant TAYLOR, although he knew it might go off at any moment, removed the pencil, and, having great difficulty in getting it out, broke the end off the detonator in the process. He then removed the bomb and while he was doing so the striker in the time pencil operated harmlessly in his hand.
Had it not been for his extreme devotion to duty and his prompt and unhesitant action, not only Sergeant TAYLOR himself, but several others,
would have been blown up and considerable damage would have been caused to the building.
During the past six months Sergeant TAYLOR has dealt with no less than ten similar time bombs and many home made bombs and grenades which
he has been called out to examine and render safe.
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• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41020/supplement/1575NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7621384
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