It was noted that he could speak French but he asked to serve at "home only" and was appointed to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.

[9] In October, 1918, he was attached to an Essex Battalion based at Hastings but remained there for only two months before demobilisation and appointment to the headship of St Lawrence College, Ramsgate.

[10] Later he was Rector of Hodnet[11] with Weston-under-Redcastle (1928–32;[12] for the two years, he was also Rural Dean)[6] then Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford[13] — a post he held until his appointment as a bishop.

[6] Taylor was consecrated as a bishop at York Minster on the Feast of the Epiphany (6 January) 1943.

[15] His appointment to Sodor and Man was made partly on the recommendation of the Bishop of Worcester who thought that Taylor's experience at Ridley Hall would help the theological college on the island.