▁now ▁we ▁all ▁know ". ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁part - time ▁service ▁after ▁the ▁war , ▁and ▁on ▁his ▁event ual ▁ret irement ▁from ▁the ▁army ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁he ▁was ▁permitted ▁to ▁retain ▁the ▁honor ary ▁rank ▁of ▁lieutenant - col onel . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁Taylor ▁was ▁appointed ▁university ▁tre as urer ▁in ▁Cambridge . ▁He ▁continued ▁in ▁academic ▁administration ▁as ▁Princi pal ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁College ▁of ▁North ▁Staff ord shire ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁When , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁the ▁college ▁became ▁the ▁K ee le ▁University , ▁he ▁became ▁its ▁first ▁Vice - Ch an cell or ▁and ▁served ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁Commander ▁of ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Empire ▁( C BE ) ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁Queen ' s ▁B irth day ▁Hon ours . ▁ ▁Taylor ▁developed ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁architecture ▁early ▁in ▁life . ▁With ▁his ▁wife ▁Joan , ▁n ée ▁S ills ▁( 1 9 0 3 – 1 9 6 5 ), ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁he ▁began ▁a ▁survey ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 0 0 ▁churches ▁with ▁some ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁architecture , ▁cul min ating ▁in ▁the ▁publication ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁volumes ▁of ▁their ▁co - author ed ▁Ang