Paul Travers Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Paul Travers
Birth Date:15 August 1927
Birth Place:Wandsworth, Greater London
Death Place:London, England
Branch: British Army
Serviceyears:1947–1983
Rank:Lieutenant General
Commands:South East District
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant General Sir Paul Anthony Travers (15 August 1927  - 10 June 1983) was an English officer who was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.[1]

Military career

Travers was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment in 1947.In 1978 he was selected to be Chief of Staff at the Logistics Executive before moving on, in 1979, to be Vice-Quartermaster-General. In 1981 he was appointed General Officer Commanding South East District and in 1982 he became Quartermaster-General to the Forces; he died in office in 1983. He is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery.[2]

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Corps of Transport and the Army Legal Corps.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: Lieut-Gen Sir Paul Travers . . 15 June 1983 . 16 .
  2. Photograph of grave shown in this article