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19 November 1912.

sir,

I have the honour to apply for employment aa

Assistant District Commissioner in Nigeria, preferably in Northern Nigeria."

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My age is 31: I am unmarried: I was educated at Bath College(mathematical junior scholarship), Plymouth College and at the Royal Military Academy. I am the third son of the late Colonel H.Taylor:

can refer you to my aunt,Mrs.Le Breton Simmons, to her son Lieutenant-Colonel G.F.H.leB.Simmons, Royal

Engineers, Malta: to my brother-in-law,Lieutenant- -Colonel C.B.Westmacott, 2nd. Worcestershire Regiment, Jhansi: to my elder brothers, Captain B.H. W. Taylor, South Staffordshire Regiment, Captain L.R.J.W.Taylor, Royal Engineers.

I am at present seconded from the Royal

Artillery as Private Secretary & (extra)Aide de

Camp to His Excellency Sir H.Hay, Governor of

Hongkong. I have been with Sir H. May since January 1911: in Fiji till June 1912, in Hongkong since:

I have been employed as Private Secretary since March.

I have previously served with native troops for 4 years with the St.Lucia Company, Royal Artillery, (West Indian negroes) and 1⁄2 years with the Hongkong Singapore Battalion, Royal Garrison Artillery, (Punjabi Muhammedans). I have passed the Lower

Standard Examination in Urdu.

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