Peter Sibbald
{{Short description|British Army officer (1928–1994)}}
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|birth_date=24 March 1928
|death_date=5 July 1994 (aged 66)
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
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|rank= Major-General
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Major-General Peter Frank Aubrey Sibbald {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB|OBE}} (24 March 1928 – 5 July 1994) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Haileybury, Sibbald was commissioned into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1948 and saw action during the Malayan Emergency and the Korean War.{{cite book|title=Debrett's People of Today 1994|year=1994|publisher=Debrett's Peerage |isbn=978-1870520195}} He became commanding officer of a battalion of The Light Infantry in 1968. He became Commander of 51st Gurkha Infantry Brigade in Hong Kong in 1972, Divisional Brigadier, Light Division in 1975 and General Officer Commanding North West District in 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=2 July 2016}} His last appointment was as Director of Infantry in 1980 before retiring in 1983.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1982 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=48837|page=2|date=30 December 1981}}
In 1958 he married Margaret Maureen Entwistle; they had one son and one daughter.
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Category:British Army personnel of the Korean War
Category:British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency
Category:British Army major generals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officers
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College