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Director Special Forces (DSF) is the title of the professional head of the United Kingdom Special Forces. The DSF has since 2008 held the rank of Major-General[1], previously a Brigadier, reflecting the increased size of the directorate. The position has evolved from Colonel SAS in 1964 to Director SAS in 1969 and to Director Special Forces in 1988; the post-holder works out of the Ministry of Defence's Whitehall office.
Directors
Directors have been:[2]
Colonel SAS- 1964-1967 Colonel John Waddy (late Parachute Regiment)[3]
- 1967-1969 Colonel Mike Wingate Gray (late Black Watch)
Director SAS
- 1969-1972 Brigadier Fergie Semple (late Royal Engineers)
- 1972-1975 Brigadier John Simpson (late Gordon Highlanders)
- 1975-1979 Brigadier John Watts (late Royal Ulster Rifles)
- 1979-1983 Brigadier Peter de la Billière (late Durham Light Infantry)
- 1983-1985 Brigadier John Foley (late Royal Green Jackets)
- 1986-1988 Brigadier Michael Wilkes (late Royal Artillery)[4]
Director Special Forces
- 1988-1989 Brigadier Michael Rose (late Coldstream Guards)[5]
- 1989-1993 Brigadier Jeremy Phipps (late Queen's Own Hussars)
- 1993-1996 Brigadier Cedric Delves (late Devonshire and Dorset Regiment)[6]
- 1996-1999 Brigadier John Sutherell (late Royal Anglian Regiment)
- 1999-2001 Brigadier John Holmes (late Scots Guards)[7]
- 2001-2003 Brigadier Graeme Lamb (late Queen's Own Highlanders)[8]
- 2003-2006 Brigadier Jonathan Shaw (late Parachute Regiment)
- 2006-2009 Brigadier Adrian Bradshaw (late 14th/20th King's Hussars)
- 2009- Present Major General Jacko Page (late Parachute Regiment)[9]
See also
- Special Air Service
- Special Boat Service
- Special Reconnaissance Regiment
- Special Forces Support Group
References
- ^ Times Online Jan 08
- ^ Army commands
- ^ *Kemp, Anthony (1994). The SAS: Savage Wars of Peace – 1947 to the Present. Penguin. p. 112. ISBN 0-141-39081-6.
- ^ Pegassus Bridge Fund
- ^ SAS chief criticised for joining action quits
- ^ Special Forces Roll of Honour
- ^ Sandhurst Foundation
- ^ Army denied vital equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan, claims former SAS head Daily Telegraph, 4 March 2010
- ^ Did Brown go too far with Afghan raid? The Guardian, 10 September 2009
Categories:- British Army appointments
- Army chiefs of staff
- Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
- Military of the United Kingdom
- Special forces of the United Kingdom
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