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| + | [[Lieutenant-General]] '''Sir Derek Boorman''' is a retired former senior [[British Army]] officer. | ||
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| + | ==Military career== | ||
| + | Educated at Wolstanton Grammar School and the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]],<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> Boorman was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[North Staffordshire Regiment]] in 1950.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39017/supplement/4637</ref> He was Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General at Headquarters 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade and subsequently [[Commander]] of [[51st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|51st Brigade]] in [[Hong Kong]].<ref>[http://www.6thgurkhas.org/website/regiment-history/1977-1994 6th Gurkhas History 1977–1994]</ref> | ||
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| + | He was appointed Director of Military Operations at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] in 1980<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48108/supplement/3032</ref> and [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] in 1982.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49156/supplement/14262</ref> He went on to be [[Defence Intelligence|Chief of Defence Intelligence]] in 1985:<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50279/supplement/13872</ref> in that capacity he took the view that the [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]'s proposals for internal reform and deep cuts in missile stocks were genuine.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/18/guardianobituaries.richardnortontaylor Obituary: Sir Antony Duff] The Guardian, 18 August 2000</ref> He retired from the British Army in 1988.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51543/supplement/13389</ref> | ||
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| + | He was also [[Colonel]] of the [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles]] from 1983 to 1988<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49344/supplement/6324</ref> | ||
| + | and Colonel of the [[Staffordshire Regiment]] from 1985 to 1990.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070303145232/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/038Staffs.htm</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Retirement== | ||
| + | In October 1992 he was appointed a Member of the Government's [[Security Commission]]<ref>[http://www.mathaba.net/data/sis/history.shtml MI5 / MI6 History]</ref> and in 1996 he accused [[Minister (government)|Government Minister]]s of being untruthful in their evidence to the [[Scott Report|Arms to Iraq Inquiry]].<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/intelligence-chief-accuses-ministers-over-scott-report-1318148.html Intelligence chief accuses ministers over Scott report] The Independent, 10 February 1996</ref> He retired from the Security Commission in 1998.<ref>[http://shaphan.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/butlerslossed.html Butlerslossed]</ref> | ||
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| + | In 1994 he became [[Chairman]] of the [[Barts and The London NHS Trust|Royal Hospitals Trust]] – a post he held until 1998.<ref>[http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/citation/310/6982/810 Bats, the General and the Fat Controller] British Medical Journal, 1995</ref> Then in 2000 he became a Deputy Pro-Chancellor of the [[University of Kent]].<ref>[http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/past-officers/honorary.html University of Kent]</ref> | ||
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Senior British Army officer and Chief of Defence Intelligence 1985-1988. | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Derek Boorman is a retired former 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] and Colonel of the Staffordshire Regiment from 1985 to 1990.[10]
Retirement
In October 1992 he was appointed a Member of the Government's Security Commission[11] and in 1996 he accused Government Ministers of being untruthful in their evidence to the Arms to Iraq Inquiry.[12] He retired from the Security Commission in 1998.[13]
In 1994 he became Chairman of the Royal Hospitals Trust – a post he held until 1998.[14] Then in 2000 he became a Deputy Pro-Chancellor of the University of Kent.[15]
References
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39017/supplement/4637
- ↑ 6th Gurkhas History 1977–1994
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48108/supplement/3032
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49156/supplement/14262
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50279/supplement/13872
- ↑ Obituary: Sir Antony Duff The Guardian, 18 August 2000
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51543/supplement/13389
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49344/supplement/6324
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070303145232/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/038Staffs.htm
- ↑ 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
