Peter Sibbald | |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1928 |
Death Date: | 5 July 1994 (aged 66) |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Rank: | Major-General |
Branch: | British Army |
Commands: | 51st Gurkha Infantry Brigade North West District |
Battles: | Malayan Emergency Korean War |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Major-General Peter Frank Aubrey Sibbald (24 March 1928 – 5 July 1994) was a British Army officer.
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.[1] He became commanding officer of a battalion of The Light Infantry in 1968.[1] 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.[2] His last appointment was as Director of Infantry in 1980 before retiring in 1983.[2]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1982 New Year Honours.
In 1958 he married Margaret Maureen Entwistle; they had one son and one daughter.[1]