Maj-Gen Jack Dye - Telegraph The objective was a fortified house and their route took them through a dense forest. The position of the Germans was not known and the operation had to be performed without alerting the enemy. Dye spotted them, however, and guided the whole battalion through without incident - apart from the silent grabbing of a prisoner. Taking one of his platoons up to the house, he achieved complete surprise, captured five prisoners and sent them quietly to the rear. With another platoon, he attacked a group of the enemy in the garden and took more prisoners. When he and his men came under heavy artillery fire, he swiftly organised his defences and, two hours later, drove off a determined counter-attack. Later that day he led his men through the forest, repelling more attacks on the way, and established an outpost on the far side. His inspired leadership over a period of three days and nights with scarcely any sleep was recognised by the award of an immediate MC. In the 1950s Dye served in regimental and staff appointments in Egypt, Hong Kong, Cyprus and Germany and was an instructor at the School of Infantry, Warminster. From 1962 to 1965 he commanded the 1st East Anglian Regiment and, subsequently, the 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment. He took the battalion to Aden in 1964 and, under his direction, it quickly mastered its role on internal security operations in the Radfan and the border areas. He was GOC Eastern District from 1969 to 1971 and Colonel Commandant of the Queen's Division from 1970 to 1974. After leaving the Army, Dye was a governor of Framlingham College for 38 years and for almost 20 years chaired the finance and general purposes committee. Settled in Suffolk, he farmed strawberries and asparagus. Until the end of his life he ran two shoots and enjoyed fly fishing in Scotland. He was also an accomplished picture framer. He was Colonel of the Royal Anglian Regiment from 1976 to 1982 and Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk from 1983 to 1994. Jack Dye married, in 1942, Jean Prall, who survives him with their two daughters. Maj-Gen Jack Dye, born December 13 1919, died June 10 2013