David Tabor (British Army officer)
David Tabor | |
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| Born | 5 October 1922 Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross |
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
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
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Major-General David Tabor". The Telegraph. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "No. 47102". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1976. p. 3.
- ^ Tabor