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Paul Travers

Paul Travers

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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]

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Obituary: Lieut-Gen Sir Paul Travers". The Times. 15 June 1983. p. 16.
  2. [2]
    "No. 38136". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 November 1947. p. 5696.
  3. [3]
    "No. 47508". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 April 1978. p. 4410.
  4. [4]
    "No. 47983". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 October 1979. p. 13227.
  5. [5]
    "No. 48511". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 February 1981. p. 1564.
  6. [6]
    "No. 48928". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 March 1982. p. 4007.
  7. [7]
    "No. 49532". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1983. p. 14706.
  8. [8]
    Photograph of grave shown in this article
  9. [9]
    "No. 48815". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 December 1981. p. 15610.
  10. [10]
    "No. 48865". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 1982. p. 797.
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