Английская Википедия:David Cranston (British Army officer)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Brigadier David Alan Cranston, CBE (born 20 October 1945) is a retired senior British Army officer.[1] He was Director General of the National Association of Pension Funds from 2000 to 2001.[2]

Education

David Cranston was educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.[1]

Army

Following graduation Cranston was promoted from officer cadet to 2nd lieutenant with the Royal Artillery on 29 July 1966.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant on 29 January 1968,[4] captain on 29 July 1972,[5] and major on 31 December 1977.[6] Cranston transferred from the Royal Artillery to the Army Air Corps on 1 January 1979.[7]

In 1983 Cranston served as Chief of Staff at the headquarters of British Forces in Belize.[1] On 30 June 1984 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.[8] From 1984 to 1986 he was based at Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham.[1] In 1986 he was appointed Commander of 4 Regiment, Air Army Corps and in 1988 Chief of Staff of the 2nd Infantry Division.[1] On 31 December 1990 he was promoted to brigadier.[9] From 1990 to 1992 he was Commander of British Army Aviation in Germany.[1]

In 1992 he was appointed Deputy, Head of Mission of the European Union Monitoring Mission to the former Yugoslavia.[1] On 12 June 1993 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[10] From 1994 to 1995 Cranston was Deputy Commander of the Multinational Airmobile Division based in Germany.[1] He retired from the Army on 14 May 1995.[11]

Executive appointments

References

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