David Tabor (British Army officer) explained

David Tabor
Birth Date:5 October 1922
Death Date:18 May 2004 (aged 81)
Birth Place:Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1942–1977
Servicenumber:237402
Rank:Major-General
Branch:British Army
Commands:Royal Horse Guards
Berlin Infantry Brigade
Eastern District
Unit:Royal Horse Guards
Battles:Second World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross

Major-General David John St. Maur Tabor (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.

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obituary: Major-General David Tabor. 25 May 2004. The Telegraph. 2 January 2009.
  2. Web site: Army Commands. 2 July 2016.
  3. http://epaper.thetimes.co.uk/epaper/viewer.aspx Tabor