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Eliot Annual Lecture
Richard Dannatt was a soldier for forty years and was commissioned into The Green Howards in 1971. During his Army career he served in Northern Ireland, Germany, Cyprus, Bosnia and Kosovo. His final appointment was as Chief of the General Staff during some of the most difficult years of the Army’s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. On retirement from the Army in 2009, he became The Constable of HM Tower of London, and in 2011 he entered the House of Lords as a crossbench peer. He is an adviser to a number of companies and a frequent commentator on defence and security issues. His home is in Norfolk where he runs the family farm and is President of the Norfolk Churches Trust. General Dannatt is also a Trustee of the Windsor Leadership Trust, President and Founder Patron of the Service charity Help for Heroes.
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