Maurice Grove Taylor

Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Grove Taylor, (31 May 1881 – 6 April 1960) was a British Army officer.

Military career After being educated at St. Mark's School, Windsor and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Taylor was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 2 May 1900. He married in 1906 and 1910 saw him as a captain. After attending the Staff College, Camberley, he was a staff officer with Scottish Command.

Initially serving as a railway transportation officer, he later saw action on the Western Front during the First World War, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He was also mentioned in despatches seven times during the war.

After the war Taylor became Deputy Director of Movements at the War Office in 1919, Senior Instructor at the Staff College in 1921 and Assistant Quartermaster-General at Eastern Command in 1925. He went on to become commander of 166th (South Lancashire) Brigade in December 1927, General Officer Commanding the 46th (North Midland) Division in December 1932 and Major-General, Administration at Aldershot Command in April 1934. After that he became Deputy Master-General of the Ordnance at the War Office in December 1937 and then, on 1 August 1939, was made senior military adviser to the Ministry of Supply.

He held this appointment until retiring from the army in 1941, during the Second World War.

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