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Richard Dannatt

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General Sir Francis Richard Dannatt in 2007

Richard Dannatt (born 23 December 1950) is a retired senior British Army officer and served as the Constable of the Tower of London from August 2009 to July 2016. He was commissioned into the Green Howards in 1971, and his first tour of duty was in Belfast as a platoon commander. During his second tour of duty, Dannatt was awarded the Military Cross. He was given command of 4th Armoured Brigade in 1994, commanding it during peace operations in Bosnia. He took command of 3rd Mechanised Division in 1999, simultaneously commanding British forces in Kosovo. After a brief tour in Bosnia, he was appointed Assistant Chief of the General Staff (ACGS). Following the attacks of 11 September 2001, he became involved in planning for subsequent operations in the Middle East. As Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), a role he assumed in 2003, Dannatt led the ARRC headquarters in planning for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Dannatt was appointed Chief of the General Staff in 2006, succeeding General Sir Mike Jackson. Dannatt faced controversy over his outspokenness, in particular his calls for improved pay and conditions for soldiers and for a drawdown of operations in Iraq in order to better man those in Afghanistan. (Full article...)