Years of service 1959–1994 Rank Major-general Name Robert Corbett Service/branch British Army | Role British Army officer Allegiance United Kingdom Education Shrewsbury School | |
Born 16 May 1940 (age 83) ( 1940-05-16 ) Commands held 1 Bn Irish Guards
5th Airborne Brigade
British Forces in Berlin
London District Awards Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Bath | ||
Major General Sir Robert John Swan Corbett, (born 16 May 1940) was the last Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.
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Military career
Educated at Shrewsbury School, Corbett was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1959. He became Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards in 1981. He became Chief of Staff to British Forces in the Falkland Islands in 1984 and Commander 5th Airborne Brigade in 1985. He went on to be Director of Defence Programmes at the Ministry of Defence in 1987 and the last Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin prior to the German reunification in 1990. Finally he was appointed Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District in 1991. He retired in 1994.
In retirement he became Secretary of the Dulverton Trust, a national charity with priorities in youth and education.
Family
In 1966 he married Susan Margaret Anne O'Cock; they went on to have three sons.