Sir Norman Arthur | |
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Born | 6 March 1931 |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Years of service | 1951–1988 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Commands held |
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 7th Armoured Brigade 3rd Armoured Division General Officer Commanding Scotland |
Battles/wars | Operation Banner |
Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Lieutenant General Sir John Norman Stewart Arthur, KCB, CVO (born 6 March 1931) was General Officer Commanding in Scotland.
Military career[]
Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Arthur was commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys in 1951.[1] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he was part of the British equestrian team for the three-day event; he withdrew after the cross-country phase.[2]
He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1972[1] and mentioned in despatches for service in Northern Ireland in 1974 during The Troubles.[3] He became Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 1976.[1]
He went on to be General Officer Commanding 3rd Armoured Division in 1980 and Director of Personal Services (Army) in 1983.[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1985; he retired in 1988.[1]
In 1996 he became Lord Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway Region.[4]
Family[]
In 1960 he married Theresa Mary Hopkinson; they went on to have two sons (one of whom died) and a daughter.[1] He married again in 2012 to Jillian Andrews.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ↑ Olympic Sports
- ↑ "No. 46527". 24 March 1975. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46527/page/
- ↑ Frost's Scottish Who's Who
- ↑ Annoucements The Telegraph
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