About Patrick Howard-Dobson
Lived 1921 – 2009 (aged 88). Patrick Howard-Dobson was a British military personnel.
General Sir Patrick John Howard-Dobson, (12 August 1921 – 8 November 2009) was a senior British Army officer and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Early life Patrick Howard-Dobson was born on 12 August 1921 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, and educated at King's College School, Cambridge and Framlingham College.
Military career During the Second World War, Howard-Dobson was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Yorkshire Hussars in 1941. He saw action as a tank troop commander in the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, to which he was transferred, during the long withdrawal from Rangoon in Burma during the early stages of the Burma Campaign.
In retirement Howard-Dobson was chairman of the Council of St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy.
Family In 1946 Howard-Dobson married Barbara Mary Mills and together they had two sons and one daughter.
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British Army general (1921-2009)
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Patrick Howard-Dobson died on 8 November 2009.
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