Charles Dunbar (British Army officer)
{{Short description|British Army general}}
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|birth_date=1919
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|death_date=1981
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1940−1973
|servicenumber= 121519
|rank= Major-General
|branch= British Army
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|commands=North West District
|unit= Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
|battles=Second World War
|awards=Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Major-General Charles Whish Dunbar {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE}} (1919–1981) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Glasgow High School and the University of Glasgow, Dunbar was commissioned into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1940 and served with his regiment in North West Europe during the Second World War.{{cite web|url=https://kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/collection/d/du90-001/|title=Dunbar, Maj Gen Charles Whish|publisher=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|accessdate=30 May 2020}} He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers in Aden in 1960, commander of 6th Infantry Brigade in West Germany in September 1962{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=30 May 2020}} and brigadier on the general staff at Headquarters, Middle East Land Forces in December 1966. He went on to be General Officer Commanding North West District in February 1968 and Director of Infantry at the Ministry of Defence in September 1970 before retiring in December 1973.
He was honorary colonel of the Royal Highland Fusiliers from 1969 to 1979.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/021RHF.htm |title=The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) |publisher=regiments.org |accessdate=27 February 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230125956/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/021RHF.htm |archivedate=30 December 2005 }}
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Category:Royal Northumberland Fusiliers officers
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:British Army major generals
Category:Royal Highland Fusiliers officers
Category:British Army personnel of World War II