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General Sir Gordon Messenger joined the Royal Marines in 1983. After a range of junior officer appointments, predominantly in regimental service and including a 1 year Mountain Leader course, he attended the Canadian Staff College in 1994. Two staff jobs...
General Nick Houghton was born in 1954 in Otley, West Yorkshire. He was educated at Woodhouse Grove School in Bradford, RMA Sandhurst and St Peter’s College, Oxford, where he did an in-service degree in modern history. Commissioned into the Green...
The UK sanctioned a further 7 individuals and 6 entities that enabled Iran's destabilising activity in the Middle East, including its direct attack on Israel.
Field Marshal The Lord Walker of Aldringham was appointed to ACOBA in August 2009. He started his career as a teacher, and joined the army in 1966. He served in Cyprus, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland and Germany before taking command of...
Born in Bebington, Cheshire and educated at Birkenhead School, he joined the Royal Navy in 1978 and, after training at BRNC Dartmouth, he read for a degree in Geography at Mansfield College, Oxford. His Fleet training, following graduation, took him...
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