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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1992

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS MILITARY DIVISION

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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL PETER DUFFELL, WHO LEFT HONG KONG IN MARCH AFTER TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AS COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, HAS RECEIVED A KNIGHTHOOD IN THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY).

GENERAL DUFFELL, NOW SERVING IN ENGLAND AS INSPECTOR GENERAL DOCTRINE AND TRAINING, BECOMES A KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE BATH (KCB).

DURING HIS TOUR AS CBF, GENERAL DUFFELL HELD THE RANK OF MAJOR- GENERAL. HE WAS PROMOTED ON TAKING UP HIS PRESENT POST.

THERE IS A DOUBLE-HONOUR IN THE LIST FOR THE FIRST THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF WALES BASED AT STANLEY FORT.

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BANDMASTER WARRANT OFFICER CLASS ONE PHILIP SHANNON BECOMES MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (MBE) AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL (BEM) GOES TO CORPORAL DAVID JOSEPH.

BOTH HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR FIGURES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WO I SHANNON AT THE HEAD OF THE BATTALION BAND WHICH HAS UNDERTAKEN AND VARIED APPEARANCES, MANY OF THEM FOR SCHOOLS

MANY AND CHARITIES; AND CORPORAL JOSEPH LEADING AN EQUALLY FULL LIFE AS GOAT MAJOR IN CHARGE OF THE REGIMENTAL MASCOT TAFFY III.

TOMORROW THEY WILL BE TAKING PART IN BIRTHDAY PROGRAMME AT VICTORIA PARK.

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OTHER HONG KONG MILITARY RECIPIENTS OF THE BRITISH MEDAL ARE STAFF SERGEANT PADAMBAHADUR RAI OF 10TH PRINCESS MARY'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES; LANCE CORPORAL TOYBAHADUR THAPA OF SECOND KING EDWARD VII'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES; AND SERGEANT SIMON WAGSTAFF (CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS) FROM THE JOINT SERVICE PARACHUTING CENTRE AT SEK KONG.