Robert Dow Hunter

Robert Hunter
Born (1919-12-06)6 December 1919
London
Died 13 March 2016(2016-03-13) (aged 96)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1939–1946 1948-
Rank Colonel
Battles/wars Second World War
Awards Military 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]

Wartime service


References

  1. ↑ "Colonel Robert Hunter obituary". The Daily Telegraph.
  2. ↑ "London Gazette" (PDF) (37027). 12 April 1945. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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