Tony Hibbert (British Army officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tony Hibbert (British Army officer)

British Army officer

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1917

Place of Birth: Chertsey, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Oct-2014

Profession: paratrooper

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

James Anthony "Tony" Hibbert (6 December 1917 – 12 October 2014), was a British Army officer who fought in the Second World War.
During a military career that began in 1935 and ended in 1947, Hibbert saw action in the Battle of France, the North African Campaign, the Italian Campaign and Operation Market Garden.
After these battles, he led a T-Force unit in Operation Eclipse, a campaign carried out by the Allies shortly before V-E Day. In civilian life, after his time in the army, Hibbert enlarged and diversified his family's wine and spirits business.
His restless first retirement, begun in the early 1970s, was followed by a 1981 retirement attempt that led his wife and him to ownership of Cornwall's Trebah Garden, which they went on to restore to its prewar splendour.
In 2009, after nearly sixty years of marriage, Hibbert became a widower.
Five years later, he died peacefully, at home.