General Sir Geoffrey Randolph Dixon Musson GCB CBE DSO (9 June 1910 - 10 January 2008) was a senior British Army officer who commanded 36th Infantry Brigade from 1944 to 1946 and later became Adjutant General to the Forces from 1967 to 1970. Musson was born in Yockleton, Shropshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. He was commissioned into the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1930.

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  • General Sir Geoffrey Randolph Dixon Musson GCB CBE DSO (9 June 1910 - 10 January 2008) was a senior British Army officer who commanded 36th Infantry Brigade from 1944 to 1946 and later became Adjutant General to the Forces from 1967 to 1970. Musson was born in Yockleton, Shropshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. He was commissioned into the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1930. During the Second World War he served in North Africa and Italy. He commanded the 2nd Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry from 1943 to 1944 and 36th Infantry Brigade from 1944 to 1946. He was awarded the DSO in 1944. He commanded the Commonwealth Forces in Korea from 1954 to 1955. He was GOC-in-C Northern Command from 1964 to 1967. He was Adjutant General to the Forces from 1967 to 1970. He retired from the Army in 1970. He was Colonel Commandant of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry from 1963 to 1968 and Colonel Commandant of the Light Infantry from 1968 to 1972. He lived in Hurstbourne Tarrant, near Andover, Hampshire. He was appointed GCB in 1970, CBE in 1945, KCB in 1965 and CB in 1959.
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  • General Sir Geoffrey Randolph Dixon Musson GCB CBE DSO (9 June 1910 - 10 January 2008) was a senior British Army officer who commanded 36th Infantry Brigade from 1944 to 1946 and later became Adjutant General to the Forces from 1967 to 1970. Musson was born in Yockleton, Shropshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. He was commissioned into the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1930.
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  • Geoffrey Musson
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