Richard Gerrard-Wright

Richard Gerrard-Wright
Born9 May 1930
Died12 May 2012
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1949–1985
RankMajor-General
Commands39th Infantry Brigade
Eastern District
Battles / warsNorthern Ireland
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Richard Eustace John Gerrard-Wright CB CBE (9 May 1930 – 12 May 2012) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Christ's Hospital and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Tabor was commissioned into the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment in 1949.[1] He was deployed to the Suez Canal Zone and to Kenya and then saw action during the Malayan Emergency.[1] He became commanding officer of a battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment and in that role was deployed to Northern Ireland during the Troubles.[1] He went on to be commander of 39th Infantry Brigade in 1975, Chief of Staff of I (British) Corps in 1978 and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in 1980.[1] His last appointment was as Director Territorial Army and Cadets at the Ministry of Defence in 1982 before retiring in 1985.[2]

He married Susan Young in 1960; they had two sons and two daughters.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Major-General Dick Gerrard-Wright". The Telegraph. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding Eastern District
1980–1982 		Succeeded by