Peter Whiteley (Royal Marines officer)
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Sir Peter Whiteley | |
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| Born | 13 December 1920 Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex |
| Died | 2 February 2016 (aged 95) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Marines |
| Service years | 1941–1979 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Allied Forces Northern Europe (1977–79) Commandant General Royal Marines (1975–77) 3 Commando Brigade (1968–70) 42 Commando (1965–66) |
| Conflicts | Second World War Malayan Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches |
General Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley, GCB, OBE, DL (13 December 1920 – 2 February 2016)[1] was a British Royal Marines officer. He served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1975 to 1977 and then as Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1977 to 1979.
Whiteley was born on 13 December 1920 in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. He was educated at Bishop's Stortford College, then an all-boys private school in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and at Bembridge School, a now closed all-boys independent school on the Isle of Wight.[2]
Whiteley was awarded a Newspaper Proprietors' Association scholarship to study at the University of London. However, with the outbreak of the Second World War, he decided to join the military rather than continue his studies.[2]