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CodeDS/UK/6483
NameDunn; Sir; Francis Vivian (1908-1995); KCVO OBE FRSA; Music director, conductor
AliasF.Vivian Dunn
Dates1908-1995
GenderMale
BiographyLieutenant-Colonel Sir Vivian Dunn KCVO OBE FRSA (24 December 1908—3 April 1995) was the 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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