Robert Hunter | |
Birth Date: | 6 December 1919 |
Birth Place: | London |
Allegiance: | ![]() |
Serviceyears: | 1939–1946 1948- |
Servicenumber: | 129058 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Battles: | Second World War |
Colonel Robert Dow Hunter, (6 December 1919 – 13 March 2016), known as Robin Hunter, was an officer in the British Army during World War II. Whilst a captain commanding an anti-tank platoon of 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, he knocked out two Tiger tanks in Waldfeucht.[1] For this he received the Military Cross.[2]
Born in London and educated at Christ's Hospital, he joined the Honourable Artillery Company in 1939.[1]