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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1983
NEW COMMANDER FOR HONG KONG REGIMENT
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THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) WILL HAVE A NEW COMMANDER NEXT MONDAY (JUNE 27) WHEN ITS PRESENT COMMANDING OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL MIKE BARNEBY LEAVES HONG KONG TO TAKE UP AN APPOINTMENT IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN LONDON.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL BARNEBY WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY 40-YEAR-OLD LIEUTENANT COLONEL TIMOTHY CHARLES VILLIERS, WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN HONG KONG.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL VILLIERS WAS EDUCATED AT ETON AND RMA SANDHURST, AND WAS COMMISSIONED INTO 15TH/19TH THE KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS IN 1963. HE SPENT FIVE YEARS WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN GERMANY AND TWO YEARS IN HONG KONG AS A STAFF OFFICER IN THE HQ 48 GURKHA INFANTRY BRIGADE. DURING THIS PERIOD, HE MET HIS WIFE, MAUREEN.
AFTER FURTHER SERVICE IN GERMANY WITH 15TH/19TH HUSSARS, AND A SPELL WITH THE TERRITORIAL ARMY IN THE NORTHEAST OF ENGLAND, HE WAS SELECTED FOR TRAINING IN THE STAFF COLLEGE AT CAMBERLEY.
THEREAFTER HE COMMANDED A SQUADRON OF 15TH/19TH HUSSARS IN NORTHERN IRELAND, IN CYPRUS WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. HE SERVED AS SECOND-IN-COMMAND OF 15TH/19TH HUSSARS IN GERMANY AND IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN LONDON BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG.
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HE IS MARRIED, AND HAS THREE CHILDREN AGED 10, SEVEN AND THREE.
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