Gerald Thubron

Gerald Ernest Thubron OBE, DSO
Born	(1903-06-13)13 June 1903 London, England
Died	6 September 1992(1992-09-06) (aged 89) Piltdown, East Sussex, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1924–1956
Rank	Brigadier
Service number	28077
Unit	North Staffordshire Regiment
Commands	2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment 11th Infantry Brigade Senior Officers' School
Battles / wars	Second World War
Awards	Order of the British Empire Companion of the Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in despatches

Brigadier Gerald Ernest Thubron DSO OBE (13 July 1903 – 6 September 1992) was an officer in the British Army.

Biography

Born the son of Olympic boatsman Emile Thubron in London, he was educated at Lancing College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was given a commission in the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1924.

In 1942 he fought with the First British Infantry Division in the Tunisian campaign and in January 1944 was General Staff Officer of the division which spearheaded the Allied landing at Anzio. He was awarded an OBE in 1944, followed by a DSO in 1945 as commander of the North Staffordshires in the ensuing Italian campaign, and by the end of the war had been promoted Brigade commander. After the war he served as Commandant of the Senior Officers' School for two years and was then Senior Army Liaison Officer in Canada. He retired as Deputy Director of Military Training at the War Office in 1956.

He was given the colonelcy of the North Staffordshires in 1958 until the amalgamation with the South Staffordshire Regiment in 1959. He returned in 1961 to serve as Colonel of the resultant Staffordshire Regiment until 1966.

He died in Piltdown, East Sussex in 1992. He had married Eve Dryden and had two children; his son is the writer Colin Thubron.