Allan Taylor (British Army officer)
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Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
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 Sir Allan Macnab Taylor KBE
Order of the British Empire
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 MC
Military Cross
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 (26 March 1919 - 13 June 2004) is a former British Army
British Army
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 officer who commanded 1st Division.

Military career

Taylor was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps
Royal Armoured Corps
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 in 1940 during World War II
World War II
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. As a Squadron Commander with 7th Royal Tank Regiment
7th Royal Tank Regiment
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, he took part in the Normandy landings in June 1944, the seizing of a bridgehead over the River Odon later in the month and the Battle for Caen
Caen
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 in July 1944. He also took part in the crossing of the River Rhine in March 1945.

He was made Commanding Officer of 5th Royal Tank Regiment
5th Royal Tank Regiment
The 5th Royal Tank Regiment was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1969. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps...

 in 1960 and Commanding Officer of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
3rd Royal Tank Regiment
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 in 1961. He was appointed Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General for 1st Armoured Division in 1962, Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School at Lulworth
Lulworth Military Range
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 in 1963 and Commander of the Berlin Brigade
Berlin Brigade
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 in Germany
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 in 1964. He went on to be General Officer Commanding
General Officer Commanding
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 1st Division in 1968, Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley
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 in 1970 and General Officer Commanding South East District
Aldershot Command
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 in 1972. His last posting was as Deputy Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces
Commander Field Army (United Kingdom)
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in 1973 before he retired in 1976.
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