David Tabor (British Army officer)

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David Tabor
Born5 October 1922
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Died18 May 2004 (aged 81)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1942–1977
RankMajor-General
Commands heldRoyal Horse Guards
Berlin Infantry Brigade
Eastern District
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsCompanion 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 College, 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. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Major-General David Tabor". The Telegraph. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. ^ "No. 47102". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1976. p. 3.
  4. ^ Tabor
Military offices
Preceded by GOC Eastern District
1975−1977 		Succeeded by
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