Sir Vivian Dunn | |
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![]() Dunn, circa 1946 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Francis Vivian Dunn |
Born | Jabalpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India | 24 December 1908
Origin | United Kingdom |
Died | 3 April 1995 Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, United Kingdom | (aged 86)
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.
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