Dennis Talbot (British Army officer)

Major-General Dennis Edmund Blaquiere Talbot, CB, CBE, DSO, MC (23 September 1908 – 27 June 1994) was a British Army officer.

Dennis Talbot
Born	23 September 1908 Norwood, Middlesex
Died	27 June 1994 Barham, Kent
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	7th Bn, the Hampshire Regiment 2nd Bn, the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 18th Infantry Brigade 99th Gurkha Infantry Brigade East Anglian District Rhine Army Troops, Germany
Battles/wars	Malayan Emergency Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross

Military career

Educated at Tonbridge School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Talbot was commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in 1928.[1] He deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force in September 1939 and, after being captured by German troops in Calais in May 1940, he managed to escape, crossed English Channel and landed at Dover.[2] After serving at Combined Operations Headquarters in the UK from 1941 to 1944, he became Commanding Officer of the 7th Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment in North West Europe.[1]

After the war, he became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in the British Army of the Rhine in 1945, commander of 18th Infantry Brigade in Malaya in October 1953 during the Malayan Emergency and then commander of 99th Gurkha Infantry Brigade also in Malaya in March 1955.[1] He went on to be General Officer Commanding East Anglian District in June 1958, Deputy Commander, British Army of the Rhine and Commander British Army Group Troops, Germany in April 1961 and Chief of Staff, British Army of the Rhine and General Officer Commanding Rhine Army Troops, Germany in 1963 before he retired in 1964.[3]

Family

In 1939, he married Barbara Pyper; they had three sons and two daughters.[2]

References

1. "Talbot, Dennis Edmund Blaquiere". Liddel Hart Military Archives. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
2. "Obituary: Maj-Gen Dennis Talbot". The Independent. 7 July 1994. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.