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词条 David Tabor (British Army officer)
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  1. Military career

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|birth_date=5 October 1922
|death_date=18 May 2004
|birth_place= Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1942–1977
|rank= Major-General
|branch= British Army
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|commands=Royal Horse Guards
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|awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath
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Major-General David John St. Maur Tabor {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB|MC}} (5 October 1922 – 18 May 2004) was a British Army officer.

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]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1462711/Major-General-David-Tabor.html|title=Obituary: Major-General David Tabor|date=25 May 2004|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=2 January 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=2 July 2016}}
3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=47102|supp=y|page=3|date=30 December 1976}}
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