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Sir Paul Anthony Travers (15 August 1927 – 10 June 1983) was an English officer who was

Quartermaster-General to the Forces The Quartermaster-General to the Forces (QMG) is a senior general in the British Army. The post has become symbolic: the Ministry of Defence organisation charts since 2011 have not used the term "Quartermaster-General to the Forces"; they simply ...

Military career

Travers was commissioned into the

South Lancashire Regiment The South Lancashire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment, which recruited, as its title suggests, primarily from the South Lancashire area, was created as part of the Childers Ref ...

in 1947.

In 1978 he was selected to be

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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

; he died in office in 1983. He is buried in

Aldershot Military Cemetery Aldershot Military Cemetery is a burial ground for military personnel, or ex-military personnel and their families, located in Aldershot#Aldershot Military Town, Aldershot Military Town, Hampshire. The cemetery was created in 1850s by the Royal ...

. He was also Colonel Commandant of the

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and the Army Legal Corps.

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