Distinguished Old Framlinghamians

He was awarded the MBE on 31 December 2015 for his Army service.  On 8 August 2018 he was Commanding Officer of the United Kingdom Guard of Honour provided by the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment, at the service in Amiens Cathedral to mark the centenary of the Battle of Amiens.

He has had a distinguished naval career since leaving the College and was promoted to Commodore on 1 May 2015 and served as British Defence attaché in Kyiv until January 2023. He was at the frontline of the UK’s support to the Ukrainian military. In Kyiv he also served as Head of the British Defence Staff in Eastern Europe, commanding all Defence Attaches across Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine at a defining moment in European security.  He was promoted to rear admiral on 16 January 2023, and became Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. the same month. He leads the UK’s extensive military engagement and partnerships across all branches of the United States military.  He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 Birthday Honours.

In August 2017 he took command of the Devonport Flotilla.   He is Chairman of the GBR 420 class youth dinghy association, dedicated to producing future Olympic medallists, and a qualified RYA Yachtmaster Offshore and Dinghy Race Coach. He is also a Liveryman of the Honourable Company of Leathersellers, a Freeman of the Honourable Company of Shipwrights and a Freeman of the City of London. From 30 April 2020 to 19 November 2020, he was commander of CTF Sentinel. In Queen’s birthday honours in 2021 he was made a CBE for his work as Commander of the Devonport Flotilla and then as Commander of the Coalition Task Force Sentinel in the Gulf.

Late of the King’s Royal Hussars, he was awarded the MBE following a tour in North Belfast in 1994 and a CBE for services to the Army in 2006. Took command of 145 (South) Brigade in January 2007.  In 2021 he is secretary of the Royal Automobile Club.

After four years in the Gordon Highlanders, he spent 16 years in the Intelligence Corps. Amongst other duties he was involved in a UN weapons inspection in Iraq and was in command of a Military Intelligence Battalion during the run-up to, and subsequent occupation of, Kosovo. He then joined the UN War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, as Head of Security, which covered the arrival and subsequent death of Slobodan Milosevic.

After attending Brandeston he had a very distinguished army career and after serving for 36 years, he departed as a Lieutenant General. He was awarded an MBE followed by a CBE in March 2012 and CB

At Sandhurst he had the distinction of being awarded the Queen’s Medal for passing out highest in the Order of Merit. He was part of the Army’s operational and planning group for the recapture of the Falkland Islands in 1982. He was appointed as an OBE for his work with the United Nations in Cyprus where he commanded the British Sector of the Green Line, helping to lower the tensions between the Greeks and Turks.

Promoted to Air Vice-Marshal on appointment as Director-General of Medical Services (Royal Air Force) in September 2004. He served as an Honorary Physician to Her Majesty the Queen from 2002 to 2009. From 2009 to 2019, he was Honorary Air Commodore of No 4626 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force. He was appointed Officer Brother of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in 1991. He was awarded an MBE (Civilian) in 2020 in recognition of his voluntary service with the RAF Benevolent Fund. He has served as a Trustee of the Headley Court Charity and the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund and as a Governor of Royal Star and Garter Charity.

He was a Governor of Framlingham College from 2008-2022 and was President of the Society of Old Framlinghamians from 2011-2013 and again from 2019-2021.

Most recent OF to be awarded the Military Cross, while serving in Aden. Went on to run and own a successful international Risk Management consultantcy. He died of cancer on 4 January 2012 aged 66.

24-year career in the RAF. Initially specialised in Explosives, Fuels Management and Air Movements, seeing service all over the world. He was appointed MBE in 1981 for his work as the Unit Commander and on-site Project Leader for the reactivation of the flying training station at RAF Church Fenton in North Yorkshire.

Late of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding), he was awarded an MBE in June 1972 for his role in withdrawing British troops from Malta on the orders of Mintoff.  In June 1987 we was awarded an OBE for his work on the development of a computer based system to interconnect Army vehicles. He died in Hampshire on 28 May 2015.

he joined the Royal Nay from school as a Sailor. Submarine specialist. Five Commands. Retired as Captain. Awarded CBE in 1983 for control of submarine operations when Chief of Staff Submarines.

The son of a successful racehorse trainer, he joined the Royal Navy in 1947. He transferred to the Royal Australian Nay (RAN) in 1969/70 where he went on to have a successful career. He ended up Commander of HMAS HARMAN, the RAN’s major Communications Station and Administrative base for the Canberra region. During that time he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his services to Military Communications.