Geoffrey Howlett

General Sir Geoffrey Hugh Whitby Howlett, KBE, MC (5 February 1930 – 21 April 2022) was a senior British Army officer who was Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe.

Sir Geoffrey Howlett
Born(1930-02-05)5 February 1930
British India
Died21 April 2022(2022-04-21) (aged 92)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1950–1990
RankGeneral
Service number411979
Commands heldAllied Forces Northern Europe (1986–89)
South East District (1983–85)
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1982–83)
1st Armoured Division (1979–82)
16th Parachute Brigade (1975–77)
2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1971–73)
Battles/warsMalayan Emergency
Suez Crisis
Cyprus Emergency
The Troubles
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Officer of the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry
Military Cross
RelationsBernard Howlett (father)

Military career

Educated at Wellington College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Howlett was commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in 1950.[1] He was awarded the Military Cross in 1952.[1][2]

In 1971 Howlett was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment and in 1975 he was made Commander of 16th Parachute Brigade.[1] He was General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division from 1979 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 1982 to 1983 when he became GOC South East District.[1] He was made Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1986; he retired in 1989.[1][2]

Howlett was Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment from 1983 to 1990.[1]

He died on 21 April 2022, at the age of 92.[3]

References

  1. Who's Who 2009
  2. "General Sir Geoffrey Howlett". Paradata. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. "General Sir Geoffrey Howlett obituary". The Times. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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