Lieutenant General Richard Friedrich Patrick Felton, CBE is a former British Army officer who served as Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority from 2017 to 2019.
Richard Felton | |
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_2011_(Felton_cropped).jpg) Brigadier Felton in 2011 | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1985–2019 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Service number | 522846 |
| Commands | Defence Safety Authority Joint Helicopter Command Task Force Helmand 4th Mechanized Brigade 9 Regiment Army Air Corps |
| Battles / wars | The Troubles War in Afghanistan Iraq War |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |
Military career
editFelton was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Transport on 6 September 1985.[1] He became Commanding Officer of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in April 2004, Chief of Staff of 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in April 2007 and Commander of 4th Mechanized Brigade in January 2009.[2] It was in this role that he was deployed as Commander of Task Force Helmand in April 2010.[2] He went on to be Chief of Joint Forces Operations at Joint Forces Headquarters in March 2011 and Commander of Joint Helicopter Command in March 2014.[3] He became Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority in April 2017.[4]
References
edit- ^ "No. 50398". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 January 1986. p. 559.
- ^ a b "Brigadier Richard Felton takes over Task Force Helmand". BBC. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Ups and outs". Defence News. May 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Generals: April 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2017.