The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Maurice Grove Taylor

Taylor, Maurice Grove

General

* 31st of May 1881

† 6th of April 1960

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1916-03-23 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-02-26 Temporary Brigadier-General
1919-03-12 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier-General
1919-06-03 Brevet Colonel
1919-06-07 Temporary Brigadier-General
1920-03-31 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier-General
1920-09-17 Colonel
1921-09-01 Temporary Colonel on Staff
1925-03-23 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel on Staff
1931-05-15 Major-General
1932-10-12 Lieutenant-General
1940-02-12 General

Service

1916-03-24 1917-12-15 Assistant Quartermaster-General, I Australian & New Zealand Army Corps [France]
1917-12-16 1918-02-25 Assistant Quartermaster-General, British Armies in France
1918-02-26 1919-04-12 Brigadier-General, Quartermaster-General Branch, British Armies in France
1919-06-07 1920-03-31 Deputy Director of Movements, War Office
1920-04-01 1921-08-31 Assistant Director of Movements, War Office
1921-09-01 1925-03-22 Senior Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1925-03-23 1925-06-24 Half-pay
1925-06-24 1927-11-30 Assistant Quartermaster-General, Eastern Command
1927-12-01 1931-05-15 Commanding Officer 166th Infantry Brigade
1931-05-16 1932-12-01 Half-pay
1932-12-01 1934-03-31 General Officer Commanding 46th Division
1934-04-01 1937-12-14 Chief Administration Officer, Aldershot Command
1938-07-11 1948-07-10 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1938-12-15 1939-07-31 Deputy Master-General of the Ordnance, War Office
1939-08-01 1941-05-31 Senior Military Adviser, Ministry of Supply
1941-05-31 Retired