Peter Sibbald

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Peter Sibbald
Born24 March 1928
Died5 July 1994 (aged 66)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held51st Gurkha Infantry Brigade
North West District
Battles/warsMalayan Emergency
Korean War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Peter Frank Aubrey Sibbald CB OBE (24 March 1928 – 5 July 1994) was a British Army officer.

Military career[]

Educated at Haileybury, Sibbald was commissioned into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1948 and saw action during the Malayan Emergency and the Korean War.[1] He became commanding officer of a battalion of The Light Infantry in 1968.[1] He became Commander of 51st Gurkha Infantry Brigade in Hong Kong in 1972, Divisional Brigadier, Light Division in 1975 and General Officer Commanding North West District in 1977.[2] His last appointment was as Director of Infantry in 1980 before retiring in 1983.[2]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1982 New Year Honours.[3]

In 1958 he married Margaret Maureen Entwistle; they had one son and one daughter.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today 1994. 1994. ISBN 978-1870520195.
  2. ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. ^ "No. 48837". The London Gazette. 30 December 1981. p. 2.
Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding North West District
1977–1980
Succeeded by
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