WILLIAM ARTHUR (WILL) TAYLOR - VE3AN QCWA # 10728 (SK)
William grew up on a
farm between Paris and Ayr, Ontario.
Education
/ Employment History
1915-1919 Regimental
Signaler Canadian Army. Took part in assault on Vimy Ridge.
1924 - He graduated
from Queens University with BASc degree (Civil Engineering).
1924-1939 Bell
Telephone Company - Outside Plant Engineering - Quebec City. Here he was
responsible for designing transmission facilities from the Ontario border to
the Maritimes as part of the future Trans-Canada Telephone System. He was later
posted to Sherbrooke, Quebec and Montreal, Quebec still in Outside Plant
Engineering, and one of very few fully bilingual engineers within Bell
Telephone Company at that time.
1939-1945 - Staff
Officer Signals, Canadian Army Force W. He was one of the few Canadians to
receive overseas medals for both World War I and World War II. He retired from active duty as Commander of
Atlantic Command Signals.
1945-1958 Bell
Telephone Company – Hamilton and then London, Ontario.
1958 - He retired to
a lake-front property at Bath, Ontario near Kingston.
Amateur Radio
History
1922-1923 - Will was
an active member of Queens University Wireless Club. Their 3QU call sign was
assigned to him as no station licences were assigned to clubs then.
1936-1939 - He
operated as VE2FD in Sherbrooke and Montreal, Quebec.
1948 - Operated with
call sign VE3AN in London, Ontario and then at Bath, Ontario.
He joined Kingston
Amateur Radio Club while living in retirement at Bath, Ontario and participated
in several Field Days.
Though most of his
on-air activity was in CW mode he also used AM and later SSB.
Will joined QCWA in
1976 and was a member of Chapter 70.
While in retirement
he served as Frontenac County Clerk and Frontenac County Reeve
He was also a boater
and member of the Canadian Power Squadron.
Will’s son is Croft
Taylor VE3CT, former President of Quarter Century Wireless Association.
He passed away at Kingston
Dec 5, 1991 at the age of 94 years.