Peter Blunt
Peter Blunt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 August 1923 Second World War
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| Awards | Member of the Order of the British Empire George Medal |
| Spouse(s) |
Adrienne Richardson (m. 1949) |
| Relations | Crispin Blunt (son) Emily Blunt (granddaughter) General Tony Richardson (brother-in-law) |
| Other work | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Corps of Transport (1974–89) |
CB, MBE, GM (8 August 1923 – 8 August 2003)[3] was a British Army officer and businessman. As a logistics officer in 1959, he was awarded the George Medal for risking his own life to save one of his drivers.[4] He was the father of politician Crispin Blunt and grandfather of actress Emily Blunt
.
Early life
Born at
Royal Tank Corps. In 1929, his family moved to Kanpur, where he was educated. He left India in 1937 at the age of 14 to enroll as an apprentice tradesman in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) school on the island of Jersey.[4]
Military career
In 1940, after the
Sir Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group headquarters. He was present at the signing of the unconditional German surrender at Lüneburg Heath on 4 May 1945.[2]
During the
Allied Control Commission in Germany, then was an inspector at Bletchley Park. He briefly worked as an export manager of the Midland Metal Spinning Company in Wolverhampton but in 1949 returned to the army on a short-service commission in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. As he was unable to advance without a university degree, Blunt transferred back to the Royal Army Service Corps in 1951 on a regular commission. He passed the Staff College, Camberley, in 1957, which opened up his career path as an officer.[4][2]
In 1959, Blunt saved a driver whose lorry, carrying a load of
petrol, crashed near Bielefeld, Germany. While the injured driver was trapped in the cab, Blunt—with disregard for his own safety—climbed into the cab and applied a tourniquet to the driver's badly injured leg and administered morphine. Despite the risk of fire, Blunt stayed with the injured and frightened man for an hour, until he was cut from the vehicle. He was awarded the George Medal for his courage and humanitarian action.[4]
Blunt passed the
Far East Land Forces, and from 1970 to 1972 commanded the Royal Corps of Transport 1st Corps, before being seconded to the Royal College of Defence Studies
in 1972.
After service as Deputy Transport Officer-in-Chief for the Army, Blunt became Transport Officer-in-Chief in 1973, then was Assistant Chief of Personnel and Logistics (Army) at the
Colonel Commandant of the Royal Corps of Transport (1974–1989).[5]
Corporate career
Entering the world of business, Blunt was Managing Director of Earls Court Ltd., 1979–80, Angex-Watson, 1980–83, and Market Sensors, 1980–88. He was Chairman of Angex Ltd., 1988–90, and of Argus Shield Ltd., 1988–89. He was also a director of
Associated Newspapers.[5]
Blunt was a special Commissioner of the
liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Carmen from 1973. His address at the time of his death was Harefield House, Ramsbury, in Wiltshire.[5]
Family
In 1949, Blunt married Adrienne, the daughter of Major-General T. W. Richardson, and they had three sons, including Oliver Blunt
References
- ^ Peter Blunt; England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
- ^ OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ Debrett's People of Today, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2002, p. 193
- ^ a b c d "Major General Peter Blunt". The Times. 19 August 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d "BLUNT, Maj.-Gen. Peter". Who Was Who. London: A. & C. Black.
- ^ "Oliver Blunt, Esq, QC". Debrett's People of Today. 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion. London: Vacher Dod Publishing, Ltd. 2004. p. 98.
- ^ "Emily Blunt – Biography". IMDb. 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.