Lieutenant General Sir Peter Royson Duffell KCB

Order of the Bath

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 CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 MC

Military Cross

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 (born 19 June 1939) was Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong

Commander British Forces in Hong Kong

The Commander British Forces in Hong Kong was a senior British Army officer who acted as Military Advisor to the Governor of Hong Kong.-Structure:...

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Military career

Educated at Dulwich College

Dulwich College

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, Duffell was commissioned into the 2nd Gurkha Rifles

2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)

The 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army before being transferred to the British Army on India's independence in 1947. The 4th Battalion joined the Indian Army as the 5th Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles , where it exists to this day...

 in 1960. He served with his Regiment in Malaya

Federation of Malaya

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 during the Malayan Emergency

Malayan Emergency

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 and in Borneo

Borneo

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 during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation as well as in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. He was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong

Commander British Forces in Hong Kong

The Commander British Forces in Hong Kong was a senior British Army officer who acted as Military Advisor to the Governor of Hong Kong.-Structure:...

 in 1989 and then became Inspector-General Doctrine and Training in 1992. He retired from the Army in 1995.

Following his retirement from the Army, he became Chief Executive of Dechert LLP. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Oriental and African Studies

School of Oriental and African Studies

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and a Trustee of The Foyle Foundation.