Gerald Thubron
{{Short description|British Army officer (1903–1992)}}
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Brigadier Gerald Ernest Thubron DSO OBE (13 July 1903 – 6 September 1992) was an officer in the British Army.{{cite news |first=James |last=Carden |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brigadier-gerald-thubron-1550947.html |title=Obituary: Brigadier Gerald Thubron |newspaper=The Independent |date=11 September 1992}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/064NStaf.htm |title=The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=9 January 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227171043/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/064NStaf.htm |archive-date=27 February 2007 }} He returned in 1961 to serve as Colonel of the resultant Staffordshire Regiment until 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/038Staffs.htm |title=The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=9 January 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816080524/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/038Staffs.htm |archive-date=16 August 2007 }}
He died in Piltdown, East Sussex in 1992. He had married Eve Dryden and had two children; his son is the writer Colin Thubron.
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External links
- [https://generals.dk/general/Thubron/Gerald_Ernest/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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Category:British Army brigadiers of World War II
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Category:North Staffordshire Regiment officers
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:People educated at Lancing College
Category:Military personnel from London
Category:Staffordshire Regiment officers
Category:Commandants of the Senior Officers' School, Sheerness