David Tabor (British Army officer)

Major-General David John St. Maur Tabor CB MC (5 October 1922 – 18 May 2004) was a British Army officer.

David Tabor
Born5 October 1922
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Died18 May 2004
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1942–1977
RankMajor-General
Commands heldRoyal Horse Guards
Berlin Infantry Brigade
Eastern District
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross

Military career

Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy 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.[3]

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]

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References
  1. "Obituary: Major-General David Tabor". The Telegraph. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. "No. 47102". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1976. p. 3.
  4. Tabor
Military offices
Preceded by
Peter Hudson		 General Officer Commanding Eastern District
1975–1977		 Succeeded by
Andrew Watson
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