David Tabor | |
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Born | October 5, 1922 |
Died | May 18, 2004 | (aged 81)
Place of birth | Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Years of service | 1942–1977 |
Rank | Major-General |
Commands held |
Royal Horse Guards Berlin Infantry Brigade Eastern District |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross |
Major-General David John St. Maur Tabor CB MC (5 October 1922 – 18 May 2004) was a British Army officer.
Military career[]
Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Tabor was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards in 1942 and saw action in North-West Europe during the Second World War.[1] He became commanding officer of the Royal Horse Guards and in that role was deployed to Cyprus.[1] He went on to be commander of the Berlin Infantry Brigade in 1967, British Military Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1969 and a member of the directing staff at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1971.[1] After that he became British Defence Attaché in Paris in 1972 and then General Officer Commanding Eastern District in 1975 before retiring in 1977.[2]
He was made Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1977 New Year Honours List.[3]
He married Pamela Roxane Nivison, daughter of John Nivison, 2nd Baron Glendyne, in 1955; they had two sons.[1] After the death of his first wife, he married Marguerite Arkwright (née Verdon) in 1989.[1] She died in 2020.[4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Obituary: Major-General David Tabor". The Telegraph. 25 May 2004. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1462711/Major-General-David-Tabor.html. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ↑ "Army Commands". http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ↑ "No. 47102". 30 December 1976. p. 3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47102/supplement/3
- ↑ Tabor
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