Harry Tuzo

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Person.png Harry Tuzo   PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(officer)
Born26 August 1917
Bangalore, British India
Died7 August 1998 (Age 80)
Norwich, United Kingdom
NationalityUK
Alma materWellington College (Berkshire), Oriel College (Oxford)
Officer Commanding of the British Army in Northern Ireland during the early period of the Troubles.

Employment.png Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe

In office
1976 - 5 February 1979
EmployerNATO

General Sir Harry Crawford Tuzo, GCB, OBE, MC, DL was a British Army officer who was Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe and General Officer Commanding of the British Army in Northern Ireland during the early period of the Troubles.

Career

Tuzo was appointed as General Officer Commanding and Director of Operations, Northern Ireland on 2 March 1971 together with promotion to lieutenant general.[1] His appointment was made after the previous incumbent, Lieutenant General Vernon Erskine-Crum, suffered a heart attack.[2]

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/198018 April 198020 April 1980Germany
Aachen
The 28th Bilderberg, held in West Germany, unusually exposed by the Daily Mirror
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References

  1. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45322/supplement/2269
  2. Bew, Paul; Gordon Gillespie (1993). Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles, 1968–1993. Gill & Macmillan. p. 32. ISBN 0-7171-2081-3


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