Paul Travers

Lieutenant-General Sir Paul Anthony Travers KCB (15 August 1927 – 10 June 1983) was an English officer who was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.^[1]

Lieutenant-General Sir Paul Travers KCB
Born	15 August 1927 Wandsworth, Greater London
Died	10 June 1983(1983-06-10) (aged 55) London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Years of service	1947–1983
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	South East District
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Travers was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment in 1947.^[2]

Travers' grave in Aldershot Military Cemetery

In 1978 he was selected to be Chief of Staff at the Logistics Executive^[3] before moving on, in 1979, to be Vice-Quartermaster-General.^[4] In 1981 he was appointed General Officer Commanding South East District^[5] and in 1982 he became Quartermaster-General to the Forces;^[6] he died in office in 1983.^[7] He is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery.^[8]

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Corps of Transport^[9] and the Army Legal Corps.^[10]