Allan Taylor (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir Allan Macnab Taylor KBE MC (26 March 1919 – 13 June 2004) was a British Army officer who commanded 1st Division.

Sir Allan Taylor
Born(1919-03-26)26 March 1919
Died13 June 2004(2004-06-13) (aged 85)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1940–1976
RankLieutenant-General
Commands held5th Royal Tank Regiment
3rd Royal Tank Regiment
Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School
Berlin Brigade
1st Division
Staff College, Camberley
South East District
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Military career

Educated at Fyling Hall School, Taylor was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1940 during World War II.[1] As a Squadron Commander with 7th Royal Tank Regiment, he took part in the Normandy landings in June 1944, the seizing of a bridgehead over the River Odon later in the month and the Battle for Caen in July 1944.[2] He also took part in the crossing of the River Rhine in March 1945.[2]

He was made Commanding Officer of 5th Royal Tank Regiment in 1960 and Commanding Officer of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in 1961.[1] He was appointed Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General for 1st Armoured Division in 1962, Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School at Lulworth in 1963 and Commander of the Berlin Brigade in Germany in 1964.[1] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 1st Division in 1968, Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley in 1970 and General Officer Commanding South East District in 1972.[1] His last posting was as Deputy Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces in 1973 before he retired in 1976.[1]

Family

In 1945 he married Madelaine Turpin (marriage dissolved in 1963); they had two daughters.[2]

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References
  1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. Obituary: Lieutenant General Sir Allan Taylor The Times, 15 June 2004
Military offices
Preceded by
Richard Ward		 GOC 1st Division
1968–1970		 Succeeded by
Jack Harman
Preceded by
John Sharp		 Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley
1970–1972		 Succeeded by
Patrick Howard-Dobson
Preceded by
Bernard Penfold		 GOC South East District
April–December 1972		 Succeeded by
Terence McMeekin
Preceded by
Sir Frank King		 Deputy C-in-C UK Land Forces
1973–1976		 Succeeded by
Sir Hugh Beach


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