Colonel John Lowther du Plat Taylor CB VD (1829 – 5 March 1904) was the founder of the Army Postal Corps and the Post Office Rifles.
Du Plat Taylor trained at The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst but left in 1844 before he was commissioned. He then joined the Consular Service and was posted to China but was invalided back home after just 2 years. He joined the General Post Office in 1852 and worked as a Private Secretary to the Postmaster General.
Read more about John Lowther Du Plat Taylor: Volunteer Movement and Formation of The Army Post Office Corps, Career After 1870, Family
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