Maurice Taylor (British Army officer)

For persons of a similar name, see Maurice Taylor (disambiguation).

Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Grove Taylor KCB, CMG, DSO (1881–1960) was a British Army officer.

Sir Maurice Taylor
Born	1881
Died	1960 (aged 78−79) Cornwall, England[1]
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Years of service	1900−1941
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Service number	962
Unit	Royal Engineers
Commands	166th (South Lancashire) Brigade 46th (North Midland) Division
Battles / wars	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)

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4] He was also mentioned in dispatches seven times during the war.^[3]

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.^[5] 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.^[6][3]

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.^[5][1]

Works

• A Little Knight Music - Selected Works by Sir Maurice Grove Taylor.