Alan Reay

Lieutenant General Sir Hubert Alan John Reay, KBE, CStJ, FRCP, (19 March 1925 – 4 February 2012) was a senior British Army officer.

[4] On 23 October 1949, as part of national service, Reay was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps with the rank of lieutenant.

[14] On 4 July 1977, he was appointed Commandant and Postgraduate Dean of the Royal Army Medical College and was granted the local rank of major general.

[19] Reay served as chairman of Lambeth health care NHS trust between 1992 and 1997.

[3] His funeral was held at St Mary's Church, Barnes, London on 24 February.

[21] On 4 April 1952, it was gazetted that Reay had been Mentioned in Despatches "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Malaya, during the period 1st July to 31st December, 1951".

[23] In the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).