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David Tabor
Born (1922-10-05)October 5, 1922
Died May 18, 2004(2004-05-18) (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[]

Military offices
Preceded by
Peter Hudson
General Officer Commanding Eastern District
1975–1977
Succeeded by
Andrew Watson
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