Ethel
Gertrude
Taylor
MBE
Born in City of London, England, United Kingdom
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 97
in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jul 2020
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Biography
Ethel Taylor MBE was born in the City of London, England.
Ethel Taylor MBE is Notable.
Ethel was a Protestant missionary.
Ethel was a British nurse and missionary in China and Malaysia, serving in Asia for more than four decades, who was recognized for her humanitarian services by being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). In the 1955 Queen’s Honours List, Ethel Gertrude Taylor, Member of Malayan Relief Teams, St. John's Ambulance Brigade, Federation of Malaya, was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth I. [3]
In 1928, aged 32, she sailed for Shanghai to serve in China as a nursing missionary. For a time after the second World War she returned to England.
She returned to China and then like many other missionaries after the establishment of the People’s Republic, Ethel went elsewhere in Asia. In the mid-1950s, she was in Triang, Malaysia, one of the new villages established during the "Malayan Emergency." [4]
Ethel Gertrude Taylor passed away in March 1993 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. [5]
Sources
- ↑ St Olave’s Church, London. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Olave%27s_Church,_Hart_Street) Citing this page: Wikipedia contributors, "St Olave's Church, Hart Street," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St_Olave%27s_Church,_Hart_Street&oldid=946134969 (accessed July 10, 2020).
- ↑ Free BMD Record (https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=95294049:0077&d=bmd_1593465254) Accessed 11 July 2020
- ↑ 1955 New Year’s Honours: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_New_Year_Honours) Citing this Page: Wikipedia contributors, "1955 New Year Honours," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1955_New_Year_Honours&oldid=960360095 (accessed July 10, 2020).
- ↑ BDCC Online (http://bdcconline.net/en/stories/taylor-ethel)
- ↑ ”Death Entry” Ethel Gertrude Taylor passed away in Jan-Feb-Mar, 1993 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZZ-KBSY) Citing this Record: "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZZ-KBSY : 4 September 2014), Ethel Gertrude Taylor, Mar 1993; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. Accessed 11 July 2020
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Categories: England, Nurses | Missionaries in Malaysia | Missionaries in China | St Olave Hart Street Church, City of London | Eastbourne, Sussex | Protestant Missionaries | Notables
In 1956 Ethel was directed to a woman named Kim, who was recovering physically from the loss of both legs after a train accident. She faced the added emotional challenge of rejection by her family, who now regarded her as burden rather than an asset and her husband was in the process of divorcing her. He threw Kim out of his home and having been neglected for several days she was wishing for death at the point of Ethel’s visit. Ethel looked after Kim, giving her the support needed to carry on with her life. Kim learned to sew and then trained as a seamstress, setting up a business and establishing her own home after her divorce. Inspired by Ethel Taylor, she became a Christian.