Malcolm Cartwright-Taylor Explained

Sir Malcolm Cartwright-Taylor
Birth Date:29 October 1911[1]
Death Date:5 November 1969
Birth Place:Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Death Place:Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Marines
Serviceyears:1930–1965
Rank:General
Commands:Commandant General Royal Marines
Battles:Second World War
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Malcolm Cartwright Cartwright-Taylor, (29 October 1911 – 5 November 1969) was a British Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1962 to 1965.[2]

Military career

Educated at Rugby School, Cartwright-Taylor was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1930 and served in the Second World War in the battleship, at the Royal Marines Depot at Exton and at Headquarters, 117th Infantry Brigade.[3] He was appointed Fleet Royal Marines Officer for the South Atlantic Fleet in 1950, Major General Royal Marines at Plymouth in 1959 and Commandant General Royal Marines in 1962.[3] In that role he deployed 2,000 Royal Marines to Malaysia during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation[4] before retiring in 1965.[3]

In retirement he became a member of the Membership Arbitration Panel of the Association of British Travel Agents.[5]

Notes and References

  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. News: Obituary: Gen. Cartwright-Taylor – Command of Royal Marines. . 7 November 1969 . 12 .
  3. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/TAYLOR7.shtml Sir Malcolm Cartwright Cartwright-Taylor
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19650120&id=BiYmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AP4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=697,2549528 President Sukarno, Wild Man of Borneo
  5. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=1965-12-13a.1051.2 Orders of the Day — Holiday Travel Trade