Peter Mervyn Hunt

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Sir Peter Mervyn Hunt , GCB , DSO , OBE (* 11. March 1916 ; † 2. October 1988 ) was an officer in the British Army , who most recently as General from 1973 to 1976 Chief of General Staff of the British Army was. Later, he served from 1980 to 1985 as Constable of the Tower (Constable of the Tower) and was the highest officer of the Tower of London .

Life

Officer training and assignments as officer and staff officer

Peter Mervyn Hunt, son of HV Hunt, attended Wellington College in Berkshire and then began officer training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst . Once finished, he became 1936 lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the line infantry regiment Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and participated in the Second World War in part. In the following years he found numerous uses as an officer and staff officer.

In March 1960 he became Brigadier General (Brigadier) Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 152nd Infantry Brigade (152nd Infantry (Highland) Brigade) stationed in Inverness and remained in this post until January 1962. He then succeeded Brigadier General Derek Lang as Major General in January 1962 of administration and chief of staff of Scotland commands (Scottish Command) , and remained in this use until its replacement by Brigadier General Edward Snowball in December 1963. he then joined in February 1964 as a major General (major-General) succeeds major General Walter Walker as Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 17th Gurkha Division (17th Gurkha Division) and held this command until his replacement by Major General Arthur Patterson in December 1965. During this time, the division took part as Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces (Malaya) in the so-called Konfrontasi , a conflict between Indonesia and Malaysia that lasted from 1963 to 1966. The cause of the conflict was the establishment of the State of Malaysia in 1963, which was not accepted by the then Indonesian President Sukarno . In contrast, the Commonwealth of Nations , in particular the United Kingdom , Australia and New Zealand , supported the young state of Malaysia militarily with reference to the Anglo-Malayan Defense Agreement . On his return he was in January 1966 as the successor to Major General John Mogg in command of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and worked there until August 1968, whereupon Major General Philip Tower succeeded him.

This was followed by Peter Hunt in November 1968 Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) and took over from Lieutenant General Thomas Pearson the post of commander in chief of the land forces in the Far East (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces) and practiced this command to his replacement by Major General Walter Babington "Sandy" Thomas in October 1970. In this use he was beaten on January 1, 1969 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir".

Chief of the General Staff and Constable of the Tower

Following General Peter Mervyn Hunt broke in December 1970 General Desmond Fitzpatrick as Commander in Chief of the British Army of the Rhine BAOR (Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine) , and held that post until April 1973, after which General Harry Tuzo its local successor took . Between December 1970 and April 1973 he was also commander in chief of the NATO Army Group North NORTHAG ( Northern Army Group ) . During this time he was also elevated to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) on January 1, 1973 . Most recently, he took over from General Michael Carver in July 1973 as Chief of the General Staff of the British Army, which he held until he retired from active military service in July 1976. His successor was then General Roland Gibbs .

In August 1980, Sir Peter Mervyn Hunt succeeded Field Marshal Geoffrey Harding Baker as Constable of the Tower of London , making him the highest officer of the Tower of London. He held this office until July 1985 and was then replaced again by General Roland Gibbs. He was also awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

Hunt has been married twice. His first marriage was on February 24, 1940, with Anne Frances Joan Stopford, daughter of Vice Admiral Arthur Stopford and Mary Augusta Grace Chester-Master, and was married to her until their death on July 19, 1966. From this marriage the daughter Nicola Mary Isobel Hunt and the son Robin Chester Vaughan Hunt, who served as a colonel in the British Army, emerged. The second marriage to Susan Davidson was childless.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 302
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 101
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 225
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 325
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 180
  6. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  7. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 135
  8. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  9. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 6
  10. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 122
personal data
SURNAME Hunt, Peter Mervyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1916
DATE OF DEATH October 2nd, 1988