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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1994

ARRIVAL OF NEW COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES

MAJOR GENERAL BRYAN DUTTON, THE 61ST AND LAST COMMANDER BRITISH AT HEADQUARTERS BRITISH FORCES HONG KONG, WILL TAKE UP HIS DUTIES FORCES, PRINCE OF WALES BARRACKS, NEXT MONDAY (AUGUST 15).

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HONOUR MOUNTED BY HE WILL BE MET BY A CEREMONIAL GUARD OF DETACHMENTS FROM THE ROYAL NAVY, THE ARMY AND THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR GENERAL BRYAN DUTTON

MAJOR

BORN IN ARCH 1943 AND DUTTON WAS BRYAN GENERAL

THE ROYAL COMMISSIONED INTO THE DEVONSHIRE AND DORSET REGIMENT FROM

WITH THE MILITARY ACADEMY, SANDHURST, IN 1963. ON HIS INITIAL TOUR

GERMANY 1ST BATTALION HE SERVED IN NORTHERN IRELAND, BRITISH GUYANA, AND LIBYA.

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HE WAS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (ARMY) FROM APRIL 1990 MARCH 1992, A PARTICULARLY STRENUOUS PERIOD WHICH COVERED THE GULF WAR OF AND THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE "OPTIONS FOR CHANGE" REVIEW THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES.

HE ASSUMED THE APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF INFANTRY ON PROMOTION TO MAJOR GENERAL IN APRIL 1992.

(MBE) HE WAS MADE A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

MADE OFFICER OF THE IN 1978, WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES IN 1979, BRITISH EMPIRE (OBE) IN 1984 AND COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE) IN 1990.

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MOUNTAINEERING OF THE ARMY

COMMODORE OF THE BRITISH ARMY INFANTRY SAILING CLUB.

ASSOCIATION AND

MAJOR GENERAL DUTTON MARRIED ANGELA IN 1972. CHARLES, AND A DAUGHTER SOPHIE.

THEY HAVE A SON,

HE IS A KEEN OFFSHORE SAILOR, FISHERMAN AND RUGBY SUPPORTER AND HIS OTHER INTERESTS INCLUDE CLASSICAL MUSIC, WILDLIFE AND HISTORY.

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