Service appointments

ROYAL NAVY and ROYAL MARINES

Surgeon Rear-Admiral A. Craig, to be Medical Director-General (Navy), in succession to Surgeon Rear-Admiral AL Revell QHS.

Rear-Admiral MP Gretton, to be Vice-Admiral and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic's Representative in Europe.

Captains: FH Hiscock - MOD London; MWG Kerr - Cumberland in Cmd; NSR Kilgour - Norfolk; S. Lidbetter - MOD London; AM Poulter - Warrior in Cmd.

Lieutenant-Colonels: IR Gardiner - 40 Cdo RM in Cmd.

Commanders: RP Boissier - Chatham in Cmd; NL Williams - Britannia.

Surgeon Commander: DJ Rose - Dolphin.

Retirements: Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Biggs; Commander AC Moore; Surgeon Commander (D) MD Hocking.

ARMY

Colonels: MM Slattery - to QEMH.

Lieutenant-Colonels: DJ Cooke REME - to HQ BF Cyprus.

Retirements: Col RJ Abbott Late AAC; Col DMG Charles Late PARA; Col RW Potts Late RADC.