Robert Bray

General Sir Robert Napier Hubert Campbell Bray (14 June 1908 – 14 August 1983) was a British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Commander Europe of NATO's Allied Command Europe from 1967 to 1970.

Education Bray was educated at St Ronan's School, Worthing, followed by Gresham's School, Holt, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Career Bray was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment on 2 February 1928.

He served in North West Europe and the Middle East during the Second World War

He became a Brigadier on the General Staff at the British Army of the Rhine in 1950 and then Director of Land-Air Warfare and North Atlantic Treaty Organization Standardization at the War Office in December 1954. He served as Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe between November 1963 and February 1967 and as Deputy Supreme Commander Europe at NATO's Allied Command between May 1967 and December 1970, 1945 – Bar to Companion of the Distinguished Service Order insignia for gallant and distinguished services in north west Europe 1952 – Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1956 – Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) 1962 – Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) 1966 – Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Colonel of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, October 1965 to July 1975 Mentioned in Despatches North West Frontier 1935 Mentioned in Despatches 20 December 1940