John Alan Lyde Caunter


John Alan Lyde Caunter

Born17 December 1889
Died20 April 1981 (aged 91)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
RankBrigadier
Service number12034
UnitGloucestershire Regiment
Royal Tank Regiment
Commands1st Battalion, Royal Tank Corps
4th Armoured Brigade
ConflictsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Brigadier John Alan Lyde Caunter, CBE, MC & Bar (17 December 1889 – 20 April 1981) was a senior British Army officer and a pioneer shark angler off the British coast. He published an account of his escape from Germany as a prisoner of war in World War I.