Major-General Peter Frank Aubrey Sibbald (24 March 1928 – 5 July 1994) was a

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officer.

Military career

Educated at Haileybury, Sibbald was commissioned into the

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in 1948 and saw action during the

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and the

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. He became commanding officer of a battalion of

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in 1968. He became Commander of 51st Gurkha Infantry Brigade in

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in 1972, Divisional Brigadier,

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in 1975 and General Officer Commanding North West District in 1977. His last appointment was as Director of Infantry in 1980 before retiring in 1983. He was appointed a

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in the

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sibbald, Peter 1928 births 1994 deaths British Army personnel of the Korean War British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency British Army major generals Companions of the Order of the Bath King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officers Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College