BLAYNEY GILBERT HICKEY
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Born: Address:
1.11.21 (55).
Married, 3 children (S24, D22, S18)
Lantern Lodge, Salisbury Road, St. Margarets Bay, Dover, Kent.
Telephone: Dover 853018.
EDUCATION, TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
St. Joseph's College (1935-40) School Cert 5 subjects. Languages: fluent Hindi, Urdu and Nepali, fairly fluent Malay. Trained in Army staff duties, tactics, administration, management of motor transport. Business Management Appreciation course at Central London Polytechnic (1977).
Command & Management:
Sales & PR
Administration & Secretarial:
Training:
General:
Hobbies:
ARMY CAREER
Joined Army (Infantry) and Commissioned 1941. 26 years Command (Line Mgt) and Administration: 20 years (15 on active service) with Gurkhas in Far East: 3 years as Battalion Commander (1,000 men): 3 years as Brigade Commander (Chief Executive) in Hong Kong (5,000 men). 9 years Staff: 3 years Instructor and Chief Instructor (Training Manager) at Royal Military Academy (RMA): 2 years Gurkha Brigade Colonel (Personnel Director): 4 years total Defence Adviser (Sales and PR) in Nepal and Malaysia. Left Army Nov 76 (35 years) in rank of Brigadier (OBE, MC).
EXPERIENCE
General: wide experience to top level of decision making policy and plans, written and
verbal communication, coordination and control to implement plans, leadership. Command: total responsibility for from 100 to 1,000 men (6 sub-units) with wide scope
for discretion.
Chief Executive: in overall charge of the New Territories (Hong Kong). Joint Chairman
Tripartite Conference with District Commissioner and Chief of Police. Command and control of 5 major units and 3,000 civilians with joint responsibility for enforcing emergency legislation affecting the civil population.
As Defence Adviser to HM Ambassador in Nepal and High Commissioner in Malaysia
duties included Defence Sales, Intelligence, Liaison with governments and foreign diplomats.
21 years covering whole range of basic Personnel Administration and welfare, Accounts,
and care and maintenance of equipment and stores worth several million pounds. Motor transport: control of fleet of 70 vehicles (2 years).
Personnel Director: for 2 years responsible for all aspects of personnel policy and man-
power planning affecting 10,000 Gurkha servicemen, 3,000 civilians and 5,000 families, including problems associated with run-down of Singapore Base.
Committee work (7 years): first as Secretary and later as Chairman: experienced in
producing agendas and minutes.
Continuous tactical and administrative training over 13 years.
Training Manager: 3 years as Instructor and Chief Instructor at RMA (cadets age 18-20)
included planning and preparation of programmes, lecturing and instructional techniques.
In Nepal (1966-68) was able to assist Sir Edmund Hillary with his Sherpa projects (hospitals,
schools and bridges).
Shooting, tennis, golf.
OBJECTIVE
To find employment, preferably in London or Home Counties, offering prospects of rewarding work for at least 10 years and providing scope for building on experience in any of the fields: Personnel, Training, Administration, Defence Sales and Marketing. Willing to serve overseas.