William Bulmer

Sir William Peter Bulmer KStJ ERD DL (20 May 1920 – 28 November 2012) was Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire from 1978 to 1985. Having escaped from a POW camp during World War II he went on to become managing director of the family business, Bulmer & Lumb, between 1963 and 1985. He has been described as 'a leading figure in the textile industry'.

Bulmer was born on in Cullingworth near Bradford. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School, an independent school in Frizinghall, Bradford, and Wrekin College, a public school in Wellington, Shropshire. While at Wrekin College, he reached the rank of Cadet Company Quartermaster Sergeant in the school's Officer Training Corps. He then attended Bradford Technical College on a two-year course in textile subjects.

On 10 June 1939, Bulmer was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Regiment of Artillery's supplementary reserve of officers. He transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers on 10 June 1949 in the rank of captain.

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