Claude Dunbar

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Claude Dunbar

Born1909
Died1971 (aged 61 or 62)
AllegianceFile:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
BranchFile:Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Service years1929−1963
RankMajor-General
Service number41098
UnitScots Guards
Commands1st Battalion, Scots Guards
3rd Battalion, Scots Guards
2nd Guards Brigade
4th Guards Brigade
42nd Infantry Division
British Forces in Berlin
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Claude Ian Hurley Dunbar CB CBE DSO (1909–1971) was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.

Military career

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Dunbar was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1929.[1]

He served in World War II becoming Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Scots Guards in 1943 and Commanding Officer of 3rd Bn Scots Guards in 1943.[1]

After the War he reverted to being Commanding Officer of 1 Bn Scots Guards and then became Assistant Quartermaster General for London District in 1948.[1] He was made Commander of 2nd Guards Brigade in 1949 and Commander 4th Guards Brigade in 1950.[1]

He went on to command the Scots Guards Regiment and Regimental District in 1952 and became Brigadier in charge of Administration at Eastern Command in 1954.[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding 42nd (Lancashire) Division in 1959 and General Officer Commanding North West District in 1960.[1] Finally he became Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1962; he retired in 1963.[1]

Family

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He was married to Susan.[2]

References

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