| Surname: | Dunbar |
| Initials: | J A |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | .4 |
| Notes: | MMP. 15/8/1867 he enlisted in the 2 Dragoons, No. 994, age 19.7 years, born Elgin, Morayshire, occupation Clerk, 1/8/1877 transferred to MMP and promoted Cpl. to Sgt. 17/7/1879 QMS, 7/5/1884 SM. Served Home 15/8/1867 to 30/11/1902 to discharge time expired. 16/7/1899 served at the Discharge Depot, Netley, Hamshire. 23/3/1876 he married Hanna Flint at Plymouth they had 6 children. 23/9/1923 he died at Glenlyn, Brockhurst Road, Ulverstone. George Alexander Dunbar. Extract from the Portsmouth Evening News 25 August 1923. DEATH OF MR. G A DUNBAR. Gosport Man Who Was Oldest W.O. in the Army. A well-known resident of Gosport in the person of Mr. George Alexander Dunbar of "Glenlyn." Brockhurst Road, passed away in his 76th year on Thursday. The son of the late Rev. Robert Dunbar, a Free Church minister of Plascarden, in the county of Elgin, N.B., the deceased gentleman was born on January 19, 1848. He enlisted in the Royal Scots Greys in August, 1967 and served in that regiment for ten years when he was transferred to the Military Mounted Police as sergeant on the formation of that corps in October 1877. In June 1879, he was appointed QMS of the Discharge Depot then stationed at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley and came with the Depot to Fort Brockhurst in October 1882. In 1884 he was appointed sergeant major of the Depot and continued in that position until November 1902 when he retired on pension, being at that time the senior WO in the Army List. Since his retirement until the outbreak of the Great War, when the Depot was closed down, he was employed as a manager of one of the branches of the Regimental Institutes. In addition to the GC medal he was in possession of the Meritorious Service Medal., with an annuity of £10 and on several occasions recommended by his commanding officer for a commission. Mr Dunbar was a founder and past Master of the Federation's Lodge of Hope, No. 2133 and held the office o treasurer of the lodge for 24 years. On retiring from the order in 1916, he was presented by the Lodge with a handsome testimonial. At the time of his death he held the rank of the Provincial Grand Lodge of past former Grand Masters. For many years he was a member of the Queen's Bowling Club. Mr Dunbar was appointed Chief Blerk of the local Food Committee on its formation in September 1917 and continued in that role until September 1918 when he retired on account of ill health. |