Gerald Thubron

Brigadier Gerald Ernest Thubron DSO OBE (13 July 1903 – 6 September 1992) was an officer in the British Army.[1]

Gerald Ernest Thubron

OBE, DSO
Born(1903-06-13)13 June 1903
London, England
Died6 September 1992(1992-09-06) (aged 89)
Piltdown, East Sussex, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1924–1956
RankBrigadier
Service number28077
UnitNorth Staffordshire Regiment
Commands held2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
11th Infantry Brigade
Senior Officers' School, Sheerness
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsOrder of the British Empire
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in despatches

Biography

Born the son of Olympic boatsman Emile Thubron in London, Gerald Thubron was educated at Lancing College and the 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 to 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.[2] He returned in 1961 to serve as Colonel of the resultant Staffordshire Regiment until 1966.[3]

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

References
  1. Carden, James (11 September 1992). "Obituary: Brigadier Gerald Thubron". The Independent.
  2. "The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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