Peter Blunt
| Peter Blunt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 August 1923 Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Died | 8 August 2003 (aged 79) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1937–1946 1949–1979 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Service number | 335303 |
| Commands held | Transport Officer-in-Chief 1st Corps, Royal Corps of Transport 26 Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Member of the Order of the British Empire George Medal |
| Spouse(s) | Adrienne Richardson |
| Other work | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Corps of Transport (1974–89) |
Major General Peter Blunt CB, MBE, GM (18 August 1923 – 8 August 2003) was a British Army officer and businessman.
Born at Farnborough, Hampshire, into an army family, Blunt was the son of Claudia Mabel (née Wintle) and Albert G. Blunt. He was educated in India before returning to England in 1937 at the age of fourteen to enrol as an apprentice tradesman in the Royal Army Service Corps school on the island of Jersey.
In 1940, after the fall of France, and with the German occupation of the Channel Islands imminent, the school was evacuated and Blunt found himself in an RASC training battalion. He saw active service in the Italian campaign in 1944 before returning to England for officer training. He was then commissioned into the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers as a second lieutenant and commanded a close protection platoon defending Field Marshal Montgomery's 21st Army Group headquarters. He was present at the signing of the unconditional German surrender at Lüneburg Heath on 4 May 1945.
During the Second World War he served also in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. After an appointment as adjutant of the British Army garrison in Dieppe, Blunt left the army in 1946 and joined the Allied Control Commission in Germany, then was an inspector at Bletchley Park. In 1949 he returned to the Army on a short service commission in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
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