General Sir Peter Inge

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General Sir Peter Inge was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff, becoming one of the UK’s most prominent military leaders of the late 20th century.

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instanceOf British Army officer
Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom
Chief of the General Staff of the British Army
human
allegiance United Kingdom
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
Order of Merit
Order of the Bath
Order of the Garter NERFINISHED
conflict Cold War
The Troubles NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdPeerage 1997
dateOfBirth 1935-08-05
dateOfDeath 2022-07-20
educatedAt Royal Military Academy Sandhurst NERFINISHED
Wrekin College NERFINISHED
familyName Inge NERFINISHED
givenName Peter
honorificPrefix General
Sir
memberOf House of Lords
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Field Marshal
name Peter Inge NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Baron Inge NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the UK’s most prominent military leaders of the late 20th century
serving as Chief of the Defence Staff in the mid-1990s
serving as Chief of the General Staff in the early 1990s
peerageType Life peer
placeOfBirth Croydon NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath United Kingdom
positionHeld Adjutant-General to the Forces NERFINISHED
Chief of the Defence Staff NERFINISHED
Chief of the General Staff NERFINISHED
Commander, Northern Army Group
Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine NERFINISHED
Constable of the Tower of London NERFINISHED
life peer
serviceEnd 1997
serviceStart 1956
title Baron Inge NERFINISHED

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British Army of the Rhine notableCommander General Sir Peter Inge