Gen Sir Geoffrey Howlett, KBE, MC

Career: cmmnd Queen's Own Royal W Kent Regt 1950, transferred Parachute Regt 1959, cmd 2 Para 1971-73, RCDS 1973-75, cmd 16 Para Bde 1975-77, dir Army Recruiting 1977-79, GOC 1 Armoured Div (Lower Saxony, W Germany) 1979-82, Cmdt RMA Sandhurst 1982-83, GOC SE Dist 1983-85; C-in-C Allied Forces Northern Europe (Oslo) 1986-89; Col Cmdt: Army Catering Corps 1981-89, Parachute Regt 1983-90; chm: Services Sound and Vision Corp 1990-99 (vice-pres 1999-), Leonard Cheshire Fndn 1990-95 (tstee 1988-95, vice-pres 1997-); pres: Stragglers of Asia Cricket Club 1989-94, CCF 1989-2000, Dorset Army Benevolent Fund 1993-2000; Regular Forces Employment Assoc: chm 1990-93, pres 1993-96; cmmr Royal Hosp Chelsea 1989-95, chm Cncl Milton Abbey Sch 1994-2000 (visitor 2001-05); Liveryman Worshipful Co of Cooks 1991-