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
Order of Merit
Order of the Bath
Order of the Garter
conflict Cold War
The Troubles
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdPeerage 1997
dateOfBirth 1935-08-05
dateOfDeath 2022-07-20
educatedAt Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Wrekin College
familyName Inge
givenName Peter
honorificPrefix General
Sir
memberOf House of Lords
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Field Marshal
name Peter Inge
nobleTitle Baron Inge
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
placeOfDeath United Kingdom
positionHeld Adjutant-General to the Forces
Chief of the Defence Staff
Chief of the General Staff
Commander, Northern Army Group
Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine
Constable of the Tower of London
life peer
serviceEnd 1997
serviceStart 1956
title Baron Inge

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British Army of the Rhine notableCommander General Sir Peter Inge
BAOR notableCommander General Sir Peter Inge