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Sir Malcolm Cartwright Cartwright-Taylor, (29 October 1911 – 5 November 1969) was a British

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officer who served as

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from 1962 to 1965.

Military career

Educated at

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, Cartwright-Taylor was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1930 and served in the

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in the battleship , at the Royal Marines Depot at Exton and at Headquarters, 117th Infantry Brigade.Sir Malcolm Cartwright Cartwright-Taylor
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives He was appointed Fleet Royal Marines Officer for the

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in 1950, Major General Royal Marines at

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in 1959 and

in 1962. In that role he deployed 2,000 Royal Marines to

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during the

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before retiring in 1965. In retirement he became a member of the Membership Arbitration Panel of the

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.Orders of the Day — Holiday Travel Trade
Hansard, 13 December 1965

References

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