Vivian Dunn

Sir Vivian Dunn
Dunn, circa 1946
Background information
Birth name	Francis Vivian Dunn
Born	(1908-12-24)24 December 1908 Jabalpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Origin	United Kingdom
Died	3 April 1995(1995-04-03) (aged 86) Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Military
Occupation(s)	Royal Marines Director of Music, conductor and composer
Years active	1920s–70s

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Vivian Dunn KCVO OBE FRSA (24 December 1908 – 3 April 1995) was a British conductor who was Director of Music of the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marines from 1931 to 1953 and Principal Director of Music of the Royal Marines from 1953 to 1968. He was the first British Armed Forces musician to be knighted.