Major-General Jack Bertie Dye, (13 December 1919 – 10 June 2013) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Dye was commissioned into the Royal Norfolk Regiment on 13 September 1940. He took part in the Normandy landings in June 1944 during the Second World War. He became commanding officer of the 1st East Anglian Regiment in 1963 and fought against insurgents in Aden in May and June 1964 during the Aden Emergency and, following amalgamation, took command of new 1st Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment in September 1964.

Jack Dye (British Army officer)

He then became commander of the South Arabian Federation's Regular Army in 1966. He went on to be General Officer Commanding Eastern District in February 1969 and Director-General, Territorial Army in March 1971 before retiring in May 1974.

Jack Dye (British Army officer)

Family

In 1942, he married Jean Prall; they had two daughters.

Jack Dye (British Army officer)

References

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1914 births

1995 deaths

British Army major generals

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Recipients of the Military Cross

Royal Norfolk Regiment officers

British Army personnel of World War II

Military personnel from Great Yarmouth

Royal Anglian Regiment officers

British military personnel of the Aden Emergency