Maurice Taylor (British Army officer)
{{Short description|British lieutenant-general}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Sir Maurice Taylor
|birth_date=1881
|birth_place=
|death_date=1960 (aged 78−79)
|death_place=Cornwall, England{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=306}}
|image=
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|nickname=
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1900−1941
|servicenumber= 962
|rank= Lieutenant-General
|branch= British Army
|current position=
|commands=166th (South Lancashire) Brigade
46th (North Midland) Division
|unit=Royal Engineers
|battles=First World War
Second World War
|awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in dispatches (7)
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}}
Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Grove Taylor {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|CMG|DSO}} (1881–1960) was a British Army officer.
Military career
After being educated at St. Mark's School, Windsor and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Taylor was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 2 May 1900.{{London Gazette|issue=27188|page=2757|date=1 May 1900}} He married in 1906 and 1910 saw him as a captain. After attending the Staff College, Camberley, he was a staff officer with Scottish Command.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=305}}
Initially serving as a railway transportation officer, he later saw action on the Western Front during First World War, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.{{London Gazette|issue=12947|page=995|date=5 June 1916|city=e}} He was also mentioned in dispatches seven times during the war.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=305}}
After the war he became Deputy Director of Movements at the War Office in 1919, Senior Instructor at the Staff College in 1921 and Assistant Quartermaster-General at Eastern Command in 1925.{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Taylor/Maurice_Grove/Great_Britain.html|title=Taylor, Maurice Grove|publisher=Generals.dk|accessdate=13 June 2020}} He went on to become commander of 166th (South Lancashire) Brigade in December 1927, General Officer Commanding the 46th (North Midland) Division in December 1932 and Major-General, Administration at Aldershot Command in April 1934.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=13 June 2020}}{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=305}}
After that he became Deputy Master-General of the Ordnance at the War Office in December 1937 and then Senior Military Adviser to the Ministry of Supply before retiring in 1941, during the Second World War.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=306}}
Works
- {{cite book|url=http://www.enterprisingrabbit.com/alittleknightmusic.html|title=A Little Knight Music - Selected Works by Sir Maurice Grove Taylor}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}
External links
- [https://generals.dk/general/Taylor/Maurice_Grove/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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{{s-bef|before=Oswald Borrett}}
{{s-ttl|title=GOC 46th (North Midland) Division|years=1932–1934}}
{{s-aft|after=Sir Hereward Wake}}
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