George Forty

George Forty OBE (1927–2016) was a British Army officer, military historian, and author specializing in armoured warfare. Commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1948, he served in conflicts including the Korean War where he was wounded, and retired as Lieutenant Colonel in 1977 before becoming Director of the Tank Museum in Bovington from 1981 to 1994. He authored over 70 books on tanks and wartime history in Dorset.

London, United Kingdom Sep 10, 1927 Wikipedia
Military History Armoured Warfare