Paul Travers

Lieutenant-General
Sir Paul Travers
KCB
Born15 August 1927
Wandsworth, Greater London
Died10 June 1983(1983-06-10) (aged 55)
London, England
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch
 British Army
Service years
1947–1983
Rank
Lieutenant-General
CommandsSouth East District
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir Paul Anthony Travers KCB (15 August 1927 – 10 June 1983) was a British Army officer who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career

Travers was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment in 1947.

Travers' grave in Aldershot Military Cemetery

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

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Corps of Transport and the Army Legal Corps.

Travers was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1981 Birthday Honours.

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary: Lieut-Gen Sir Paul Travers". The Times. 15 June 1983. p. 16.
  2. ↑ "No. 38136". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 November 1947. p. 5696.
  3. ↑ "No. 47508". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 April 1978. p. 4410.
  4. ↑ "No. 47983". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 October 1979. p. 13227.
  5. ↑ "No. 48511". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 February 1981. p. 1564.
  6. ↑ "No. 48928". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 March 1982. p. 4007.
  7. ↑ "No. 49532". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1983. p. 14706.
  8. ↑ Photograph of grave shown in this article
  9. ↑ "No. 48815". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 December 1981. p. 15610.
  10. ↑ "No. 48865". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 1982. p. 797.
  11. ↑ "No. 48639". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1981. p. 2.