Service appointments

Lt-Gen Sir Richard Swinburn, to be Commander United Kingdom Field Army.

Maj-Gen AA Denison-Smith, to be General Officer Commanding Southern District in the rank of Lieutenant-General.

Maj-Gen SC Grant, to be Chief of Staff Headquarters British Army of the Rhine / Headquarters United Kingdom Support Command (Germany).

Brigadier CGC Vyvyan, to be Chief of Staff Headquarters United Kingdom Land Forces in the rank of Major-General.

Brigadier JMFC Hall, to be Director Royal Armoured Corps in the rank of Major-General.

Maj-Gen RA Cordy-Simpson, to be General Officer Commanding 1 (United Kingdom) Armoured Division.

Brigadier NWF Richards, to be Chief Combat Support ACE Rapid Reaction Corps in the rank of Major-General.