serviceyears branch commands awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1952 & ndash ; 1986 23px royal marines 40 commando 3 commando brigade companion the order of the british empire of the order of the bath officer of falklands war 07 october 1934 major general julian thompson -lrb- royal marines officer -rrb-
 julian thompson
julian thompson -lrb- royal marines officer -rrb-

major general julian howard atherden thompson , cb , obe -lrb- born 7 october 1934 -rrb- is a military historian and former royal marines officer who commanded 3 commando brigade during the falklands war .
educated at sherborne school .
