Career
Pitt-Taylor was commissioned in the Rifle Brigade in 1895. After the War he became Military Assistant to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He was appointed Director of Military Operations in India in 1920, Commander of 17th Indian Infantry Brigade in c.1922 and Commander of 5th Infantry Brigade in 1925.
He went on to be Director of Recruiting & Organisation at the War Office in 1929, General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1932 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Western Command, India in 1936 before retiring in 1939.