- Derek Boorman
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Sir Derek Boorman Born 30 September 1930 Allegiance 
United KingdomService/branch 
British ArmyRank Lieutenant-General Commands held 51st Brigade
Commander of British Forces in Hong KongAwards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Lieutenant-General Sir Derek Boorman KCB (born 30 September 1930) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Wolstanton Grammar School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst,[1] Boorman was commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1950.[2] He was Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General at Headquarters 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade and subsequently Commander of 51st Brigade in Hong Kong.[3]
He was appointed Director of Military Operations at the Ministry of Defence in 1980[4] and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1982.[5] He went on to be Chief of Defence Intelligence in 1985:[6] in that capacity he took the view that the Mikhail Gorbachev's proposals for internal reform and deep cuts in missile stocks were genuine.[7] He retired from the British Army in 1988.[8]
He was also Colonel of the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles from 1983 to 1988.[9]
Retirement
In October 1992 he was appointed a Member of the Government's Security Commission[10] and in 1996 he accused Government Ministers of being untruthful in their evidence to the Arms to Iraq Inquiry.[11] He retired from the Security Commission in 1998.[12]
In 1994 he became Chairman of the Royal Hospitals Trust - a post he held until 1998.[13] Then in 2000 he became a Deputy Pro-Chancellor of the University of Kent.[14]
References
- ^ Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39017. p. 4637. 15 September 1950. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ 6th Gurkhas History 1977-1994
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 48108. p. 3032. 25 February 1980. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49156. p. 14262. 1 November 1982. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 50279. p. 13872. 7 October 1985. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Obituary: Sir Antony Duff The Guardian, 18 August 2000
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51543. p. 13389. 28 November 1988. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49344. p. 6324. 9 May 1983. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ MI5 / MI6 History
- ^ Intelligence chief accuses ministers over Scott report The Independent, 10 February 1996
- ^ Butlerslossed
- ^ Bats, the General and the Fat Controller British Medical Journal, 1995
- ^ University of Kent
Military offices Preceded by
Sir John ChappleCommander of British Forces in Hong Kong
1982–1985Succeeded by
Anthony BoamPreceded by
Sir Michael ArmitageChief of Defence Intelligence
1986–1988Succeeded by
Sir John KerrCategories:- 1930 births
- Living people
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- North Staffordshire Regiment officers
- Royal Gurkha Rifles officers
- British Army generals
- People associated with the University of Kent
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