- Richard Vickers
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard (Maurice Hilton) Vickers, KCBLVO OBE, a British General, was Director-General of Army Training 1982–1983.He was born in 1928, son of
Lieutenant-General W G H Vickers, CB OBE, and educated atHaileybury and Imperial Service College , and theRoyal Military Academy .He joined the
Royal Tank Regiment (RTR ) in 1948, and served with the 1stRTR in theBritish Army of the Rhine (BAOR ),Korea , and theMiddle East to 1954. He was promoted toCaptain 22 December 1954 .Vickers was temporary
Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen 1956–1959.He was
Brigade Major 7th ArmouredBrigade 1962–64. Vickers served with the 4thRTR inBorneo andMalaysia 1964–1966, and was Commanding Officer ofThe Royal Dragoons 1967–1968, and TheBlues and Royals 1968–1969 on the amalgamation of the two regiments. He was Commander of the 11th Armoured Brigade 1972–1974, and Deputy Director of Army Training 1975–1977.On promotion to
Major-General he was appointed GOC 4th Armoured Division 1977–1979, thenCommandant of theRoyal Military Academy 1979–1982. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General30 May 1982 , and retired in 1983.He was a
Gentleman Usher to the Queen from 1986, and Director-General of theWinston Churchill Memorial Trust 1983–1993.He was made an LVO in 1959, and MBE in 1964 (promoted to OBE in 1970), and KCB in 1983.
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