Quick Facts
Biography
General Sir Patrick John Howard-Dobson GCB (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 in Leicester and educated at King's College School, Cambridge and Framlingham College.
Military career
Howard-Dobson was commissioned into the Yorkshire Hussars in 1941.
He served in the Second World War and saw action as a tank troop commander in the 7th Queen's Own Hussars during the long withdrawal from Rangoon in Burma as well as during the assault on Italy.
In 1963 he was made Commanding Officer of the Queen's Own Hussars and then in 1965 he was appointed Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade. In 1968 he became the last Chief of Staff at British Far East Command in Singapore. He was Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley from 1972, Military Secretary from 1974 and then Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1977. In 1979 he was made Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel & Logistics) and he retired in 1981.
He lived in Benington for over 25 years.
In retirement he was Chairman of the Council of St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy.
Family
In 1946 he married Barbara Mary Mills and together they went on to have two sons and one daughter.