Jack Dye (British Army officer)

Major-General Jack Bertie Dye, CBE, MC (13 December 1919 – 10 June 2013) was a British Army officer.

Jack Dye
Born13 December 1919
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Died10 June 2013
Helmingham, Suffolk
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldEastern District
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Military career

Dye was commissioned into the Royal Norfolk Regiment on 13 September 1940.[1] He took part in the Normandy landings in June 1944 during the Second World War.[2] He became commanding officer of the 1st East Anglian Regiment in 1963 and fought against insurgents in Aden in May and June 1964 during the Aden Emergency and, following amalgamation, took command of new 1st Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment in September 1964.[3]

He then became commander of the South Arabian Federation's Regular Army in 1966.[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Eastern District in February 1969 and Director-General, Territorial Army in March 1971 before retiring in May 1974.[4]

Family

In 1942, he married Jean Prall; they had two daughters.[2]

References
  1. "No. 34950". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 September 1940. p. 5639.
  2. "Maj-Gen Jack Dye". The Telegraph. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. "Major-General Jack Dye: Soldier who fought on the Rhine and went on to serve in Aden". The Independent. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by
Fergus Ling		 GOC Eastern District
1969–1971		 Succeeded by
David Scott-Barrett
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