About Harold Pyman
Lived 1908 – 1971 (aged 63). Harold Pyman was a British military personnel.
General Sir Harold English "Pete" Pyman, (12 March 1908 – 9 October 1971) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second World War and achieved high office in the 1960s. He was the eldest son of Harold English Pyman and Christian Jane Scott, and the great-grandson of George Pyman.
Military career Educated at Fettes College and Clare College, Cambridge, Pyman was commissioned into the Royal Tank Corps in 1929. He took part in operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1937. he retired in 1964.
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British Army general
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Harold Pyman was born on 12 March 1908.
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Harold Pyman died on 9 October 1971.
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