Robin Hunter (British Army officer)

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Robert Hunter
Born(1919-12-06)6 December 1919
London
Died13 March 2016(2016-03-13) (aged 96)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1939–1946 1948-
RankColonel
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsMilitary Cross

Robert Dow Hunter MC, OBE (6 December 1919 – 13 March 2016) was an officer in the British Army during World War II. Whilst a Captain commanding an anti-tank platoon of 5th Battalion The King’s Own Scottish Borders he knocked out two Tiger tanks in Waldfeucht[1], for this he received the Military Cross[2]

Early life

Wartime service

References

  1. ^ "Colonel Robert Hunter obituary". The Daily Telegraph.
  2. ^ "London Gazette" (PDF). No. 37027. 12 April 1945. Retrieved 28 September 2018.