John Debenham Taylor CMG OBE (25 April 1920 - 30 January 2016), was a British intelligence officer. Taylor was born on 25 April 1920 in Wallington, Surrey (now London), and educated at Aldenham School. In February 1939, he joined the Territorial Army, and at the start of the war in September, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. In 1942, he moved into intelligence work, and became an instructor to Beaulieu, in the New Forest, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) "finishing school" for agents. He was appointed OBE in 1959, and CMG in 1967.
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