Ken Perkins
Kenneth Perkins | |
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Born |
Newhaven, East Sussex | 15 August 1926
Died |
23 October 2009 83) Marlborough, Wiltshire | (aged
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Years of service | 1946–1982 |
Rank | Major General |
Unit | Royal Artillery |
Commands held |
1 Royal Horse Artillery 24 Air Portable Brigade 1969–1970 Commander Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces 1975–1977 |
Battles/wars |
Palestine Suez Korea Malaya Dhofar Rebellion Northern Ireland |
Awards |
CB MBE DFC DCM (Selangor) Hashemite Order of Independence Order of Oman |
Other work | Defence correspondent for The Sun newspaper |
Major General Kenneth Perkins CB MBE DFC (1926 – 2009) was a British Army officer who became commander of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces taking over from General Sir Timothy Creasey[1][2].
His career highlights included[3]:
- On 1 November 1947 Ken Perkins was promoted 2nd Lieutenant to Lieutenant[4].
- On 15 August 1953 Ken Perkins was promoted to Captain[5].
- On 25 October 1955 Captain Ken Perkins DFC (Army number 369841) was awarded the MBE[6].
- In 1958 Ken Perkins attended the Pakistani Army Staff College in Quetta[7].
- On 30 June 1967 Ken Perkins was promoted lieutenant colonel[8].
- Between December 1973 and January 1975 Director of Defence Operational Plans(Defence Operations) as a brigadier.
- On 21 April 1975 Brigadier (Acting Major General) Perkins was confirmed as Major General, with seniority 8th April 1974[9].
- Major General Perkins was Commander Sultan of Oman's Armed Force 1975-1977[10][11].
- On 16 June 1977 Major General Perkins appointed Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations), Ministry of Defence[12]; and nearing the end of his time in post in 1980[13] he deployed to the infant state of Zimbabwe to try and assist in the integration of the new Zimbabwean Armed Forces, bringing in former anti-Rhodesian rebels with the residual military[14].
- The 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours made Ken Perkins a Companion of the Bath (CB)
- At the end of his military career he held the post of Director of Military Assistance Overseas from April 1980 to April 1982[15].
Gallery
- The Sultanate of Oman's location
References
- ↑ "Major-General Ken Perkins". Telegraph.co.uk. 10 Nov 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ Perkins, Ken; with a foreword by Lord Bramall (1988). A fortunate soldier (1st ed. ed.). London: Brassey's Defence Publishers. ISBN 9780080347622.
- ↑ "Ken Perkins". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Supplement to the London Gazette, 26 March 1948" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Supplement to The London Gazette, 11 September 1953" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Supplement to The London Gazette, 21 October 1955" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Comments on General Perkins". armystaffcollege.gov.pk. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Supplement to the London Gazzete, 4 July 1967" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Supplement The London Gazette of 21 April 1975" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ McKeown, John. "Dhofar War" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ Worrall, James J. (18 December 2013). "State Building and Counter Insurgency in Oman: Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire". I.B.Tauris. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 21 June 1977" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). MoDUK. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ Kriger, Norma J. (29 May 2003). "Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabwe: Symbolic and Violent Politics, 1980–1987". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). MoDUK. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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