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AS YOU WERE by Col. Walter H. C. Taylor and his wife Florence Taylor, 15 June 1965.

An archived audio recording of a talk presented by Col.Walter H. C. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor to the Border Historical Society of East London, South Africa on 15 June 1965. The couple were introduced by Mark Taylor, the chairman of the Society. Click on the blue time-stamp to go to any of the separate sections. 0:00:00 Introduction by Mark Taylor, Chairman 0:00:13 Talk by Mrs Taylor 0:01:02 Childhood in Alice 0:03:05 Mrs Fehrmann’s arranged marriage 0:06:55 Mounted Police Mobile Squadron in Umtata 0:08:40 Mounted inspection - 22 days 0:11:34 Service in the SAWA 0:13:19 Talk by Col Taylor 0:13:48 Ronnie Maclean of East London 0:15:05 Arrest of Maclean on murder charge 0:15:43 Maclean and his three brothers 0:18:15 Mr Barone 0:26:27 Murder trial in Cape Town 0:31:51 Maclean's funeral 0:32:58 Minor uprising in the Transkei, 1916 0:42:10 Thanks by Mark Taylor "As you were" is a standard military command meaning "return to your previous posture". Soldiers must "snap to attention" when an officer enters their presence, and the officer issues this command to indicate they may resume their prior activities. Col Taylor (85) and his wife Florence (73) had clear memories of the events they described out of their long and varied lives. Walter Henry Cleverley Taylor of the Cape Mounted Police married Florence Winifred Hunter on 25 April 1913 in St Mark's Anglican Church in Cambridge, in the district of East London, South Africa. Walter was then 33 and Florence was 21. Mrs Taylor commenced the talk with a memory of her childhood. Her father Rev Hunter, was rector of St Bartholomew’s Church in Alice. She recalls visiting Mrs Fehrmann - an old German lady - who told her how she had come to South Africa in the mid 1850's. England had engaged many mercenaries from the German Legion. Some of these German troops were to be settled in Kaffraria but the request had been for married men. All over Germany young woman were requested to volunteer as wives. The volunteers were then married at a mass ceremony at the Hamburg docks - only meeting their future husbands that day - before embarking for South Africa. Mrs Taylor came to be called the 'mobile mother' of Col. Taylor's mounted Mobile Police Squadron in Umtata. Her husband would become District Commandant and in about 1924, Mrs Taylor accompanied her husband on a regional inspection on horseback - covering 320 miles. Their itinerary had 12 stops over 22 days: Umtata to Bashee Bridge 36 miles Bashee Bridge to Ngcobo 19 miles Ngcobo to Cala 38 miles Cala to Southeyville 28 miles Southeyville to Cofimvaba 30 miles Cofimvaba to Tsomo 18 miles Tsomo to Nqamakwe 16 miles Nqamakwe to Butterworth 18 miles Butterworth to Kentani 22 miles Kentani to Willowvale 29 miles Willowvale to Elliotdale 30 miles Elliotdale to Mqanduli 18 miles Mqanduli to Mthatha 18 miles Col. Taylor then provided the background to Ronald (Ronnie) Maclean of the East London Rocket Brigade. Maclean was the son of Col. John Maclean - the Governor of Natal. Ronald Maclean was a recipient of the Albert Medal in 1890 for his bravery in saving lives at the Buffalo Mouth - but was also responsible for shooting Mr. Barone in 1909. Col. Taylor describes his arrest of Ronnie Maclean in Cove Rock, the ride to East London and the murder trial heard in Cape Town. Maclean was represented by Beauclerk Upington KC and was ultimately acquitted. Taylor refers to Benjamin Bennet's book 'This was a Man' published in 1958 by Howard B Timmins, in which the murder trial is described in some detail. Col. Taylor concluded his talk with some interesting first hand memories of the South African Police quelling a minor rebellion in 1916, in the Mount Frere district of the Transkei. A headman objected to dipping his cattle in a government dipping tank. The headman was a Bhaca, under Chief Mkwenkwe. --------------------------- This recording was made in 1965 and we request your forbearance in respect of the speaker's use of the word "native’, which in South Africa, is not appropriate. If such terminology offends you, we apologise and suggest that you do not listen to the talk. ------------------------- The BHS acknowledges Major Tony Step of the BVR Museum in East London who located the biographical information about Col and Mrs Taylor, including their Marriage Certificate. Photographs used as illustrations to this talk are from an album of photographs compiled by Col. Taylor and held at the McGregor Museum in Kimberley: https://issuu.com/hennieheymans/docs/... We hope you find the talk interesting. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE --------------------------- The original BASF Magnetophonband reel-to-reel tape was expertly digitized for the Border Historical Society by Paul Wiggins of East London, in May 2021. The talk was loaded on YouTube by Pablo Battiss and William Martinson in March 2024. The subtitles were edited and corrected in Sep 2025 #transkei #umtata #cmr