SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1978
NEW COMMANDER FOR ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL EDWARD PEPPER, 40, TO SUCCEED LIEUTENANT COLONEL PETER GREGSON AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS).
LIEUTENANT COLONEL PEPPER HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AN ASSIGNMENT AT THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN LONDON,
HE WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL TANK REGIMENT IN 1960 AND HAS SINCE SERVED IN GERMANY AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING NORTHERN IRELAND. HE HAS ATTENDED BOTH THE STAFF COLLEGE AND NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE.
HE IS MARRIED AND HAS FOUR CHILDREN.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL GREGSON, WHO WAS APPOINTED COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT IN APRIL, 1976, IS BEING POSTED TO NATO HEADQUARTERS IN TURKEY, HE WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON NOVEMBER 29.
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