"Commander in Chief UK Land Forces" John Archer Signed Article For Sale

Up for sale the "Commander in Chief of the UK Land Forces" General John Archer Hand Signed Article.

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General Sir (Arthur) John Archer, KCB,

OBE (12 February 1924 – 12

March 1999) was a senior officer of the British Army

and a former Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces.

Educated at King's School, Peterborough and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge,

John Archer was commissioned into the Royal Norfolk Regiment in 1944. He

transferred to the Devon and Dorset Regiment in 1946 and

served with the Regiment during the Malayan

Emergency. He was Commanding Officer of 1 Bn Devon and Dorset Regiment from 1965 to

1967. He then went on to command British Land Forces in The Gulf from 1968 to

1969. He was General Officer Commanding 2nd Division from 1972 to

1974. He was then Director Army Staff Duties at the Ministry of Defence from

1974 to 1976 and Commander of British Forces in Hong

Kong from 1976 to 1978.

He served as the Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces

from 1978 to 1980 when he retired.

 In retirement, he was a Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking

Corporation and Chief

Executive of The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.