Claude Dunbar
Claude Dunbar | |
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Born | 1909 |
Died | 1971 (aged 61 or 62) |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1929−1963 |
Rank | Major-General |
Service number | 41098 |
Unit | Scots Guards |
Commands | 1st Battalion, Scots Guards 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards 2nd Guards Brigade 4th Guards Brigade 42nd Infantry Division British Forces in Berlin |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Companion 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
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
He was married to Susan.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Dunbar, Claude". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Roots.web
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Preceded by Thomas Scott | GOC 42nd (Lancashire) Division 1959−1962 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Commandant, British Sector in Berlin May 1962–December 1962 | Succeeded by |
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- Floyd L. Parks (1945)
- James M. Gavin (1945)
- Ray W. Barker (1945–46)
- Frank A. Keating (1946–47)
- Cornelius E. Ryan (1947)
- William Hesketh (1947)
- Frank L. Howley (1947–49)
- Maxwell D. Taylor (1949–51)
- Lemuel Mathewson (1951–53)
- Thomas S. Timberman (1953–54)
- George B. Honnen (1954–55)
- Charles L. Dasher (1955–57)
- Barksdale Hamlett (1957–59)
- Ralph Osborne (1959–61)
- Albert Watson II (1961–63)
- James H. Polk (1963–64)
- John F. Franklin, Jr. (1964–67)
- Robert G. Fergusson (1967–70)
- George M. Seignious (1970–71)
- William W. Cobb (1971–74)
- Sam S. Walker (1974–75)
- Joseph C. McDonough (1975–78)
- Calvert P. Benedict (1978–81)
- James G. Boatner (1981–84)
- John H. Mitchell (1984–88)
- Raymond E. Haddock (1988–90)
![The occupied sectors of Berlin](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Allied_occupation_in_Berlin_%281945-1990%29.png/100px-Allied_occupation_in_Berlin_%281945-1990%29.png)
- Lewis Lyne (1945)
- Eric Nares (1945–47)
- Otway Herbert (1947–49)
- Geoffrey Bourne (1949–51)
- Charles Coleman (1951–54)
- William Oliver (1954–55)
- Robert Cottrell-Hill (1955–56)
- Francis Rome (1956–59)
- Rohan Delacombe (1959–62)
- Claude Dunbar (1962)
- David Peel Yates (1962–66)
- John Nelson (1966–68)
- James Bowes-Lyon (1968–70)
- Lord Cathcart (1970–73)
- David Scott-Barrett (1973–75)
- Roy Redgrave (1975–78)
- Robert Richardson (1978–80)
- David Mostyn (1980–83)
- Bernard Gordon Lennox (1983–85)
- Patrick Brooking (1985–89)
- Robert Corbett (1989–90)
- Geoffroi du Bois de Beauchesne (1945–46)
- Charles Lançon (1946)
- Jean Ganeval [fr] (1946–50)
- Pierre Carolet (1950–52)
- Pierre Manceaux-Démiau (1953–54)
- Amédée J.B. Gèze (1955–58)
- Jean Lacomme (1958–62)
- Edouard K. Toulouse (1962–64)
- François Binoche [fr] (1964–67)
- Bertrand Huchet de Quénétain [fr] (1967–70)
- Maurice Routier (1970–73)
- Camille Metzler (1973–75)
- Jacques Mangin (1975–77)
- Bernard d'Astorg [fr] (1977–80)
- Jean P. Liron (1980–84)
- Olivier Le Taillendier de Gabory (1984–85)
- Paul Cavarrot (1985–87)
- François Cann [fr] (1987–90)
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- ‡ Commandant of the entire city; appointed during the Battle of Berlin
- § Commandant of the entire city until July 1945