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Claude Dunbar

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Died
  
1971 (aged 61 or 62)

Battles and wars
  
Years of service
  
1929 - 1963

Allegiance
  

Battles/wars
  
Service/branch
  
Name
  
Claude Dunbar

Rank
  
Major-general

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Commands held
  
1st Bn Scots Guards3rd Bn Scots Guards2nd Guards Brigade4th Guards Brigade42nd Infantry DivisionBritish Forces in Berlin

Awards
  
Order of the Bath, 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.

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Military career

Dunbar was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1929.

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.

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. He was made Commander of 2nd Guards Brigade in 1949 and Commander 4th Guards Brigade in 1950.

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. He was appointed General Officer Commanding 42nd Infantry Division in 1959 and General Officer Commanding North West District in 1960. Finally he became Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1962; he retired in 1963.

Family

He was married to Susan.

References

Claude Dunbar Wikipedia


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