Michael Wilkins (Royal Marines officer)

For the American lawyer and judge, see Michael J. Wilkins.

Sir Michael Wilkins
Lieutenant General Wilkins in 1986
Born(1933-01-04)4 January 1933
Died25 April 1994(1994-04-25) (aged 61)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Marines
Years of service1951–1987
RankLieutenant General
CommandsCommandant General Royal Marines
3 Commando Brigade
40 Commando
Battles / warsCyprus Emergency
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
The Troubles
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant General Sir Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins, KCB, OBE (4 January 1933 – 25 April 1994) was a senior Royal Marines officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 1990 to 1994.

Military career

Wilkins joined the Royal Marines in 1951.[1] He was appointed Commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1979, Chief of Staff of the Royal Marines in 1981 (a post he held during the Falklands War and during which he was Acting Commandant General following the attack on Lieutenant General Sir Steuart Pringle),[2] and Commander of Commando Forces in 1982.[3] He went on to be Commandant General Royal Marines in 1984 before retiring in 1987.[3] In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey and died in office.[4]

Wilkins lived at Coombe Hill in Devon.[5]

References

  1. ^ "No. 39348". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 October 1951. p. 5118.
  2. ^ Obituary: Major-General Sir Jeremy Moore Daily Telegraph, 18 September 2007
  3. ^ a b Royal Navy appointments Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Guernsey Government 1991
  5. ^ "Houses". Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant General Royal Marines
1985–1987 		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
1990–1994 		Succeeded by