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Sir Peter Gillett
Born8 December 1913
Died4 July 1989
Windsor Castle
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Service number61527
Commands48th (South Midland) Division/District
West Midlands District
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Sir Peter Bernard Gillett, KCVO, CB, OBE (8 December 1913 – 4 July 1989) was a British Army officer.

Military career

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Gillett was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 1 February 1934.[1] After serving in the rank of captain in the Second World War,[2] he became Commander, Royal Artillery for 3rd Infantry Division in December 1959, Chief of Staff at Eastern Command in December 1962 and General Officer Commanding 48th (South Midland) Division/District of the Territorial Army in April 1965.[3] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding West Midlands District in April 1967 before retiring in April 1968.[3]

In retirement he served as Secretary of the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood from 1968 to 1979[4] and then as Deputy Constable and Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor Castle from 1978 to 1989.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 34020". The London Gazette. 2 February 1934. p. 753.
  2. ^ "No. 35442". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 January 1942. p. 546.
  3. ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. ^ "No. 44658". The London Gazette. 20 August 1968. p. 9135.
  5. ^ "Report of the Society of the Friends of St George's and the Descendants of the Knights of the Garter" (PDF). St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. p. 424. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 48th (South Midland) Division/District
1965–1967
Succeeded by
Post disbanded
New title GOC West Midlands District
1967–1969
Succeeded by