Peter Duffell (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir Peter Royson Duffell KCB CBE MC (born 19 June 1939) was Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong.

Sir Peter Duffell
Born (1939-06-19) 19 June 1939
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant-General
Commands heldCommander of British Forces in Hong Kong
Battles/warsMalayan Emergency
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Operation Banner
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Military career

Educated at Dulwich College, Duffell was commissioned into the 2nd Gurkha Rifles in 1960.[1] He served with his Regiment in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency and in Borneo during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation as well as in Northern Ireland.[1] He was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1989 and then became Inspector-General Doctrine and Training in 1992.[2] He retired from the Army in 1995.[1]

Later life

Following his retirement from the Army, he became Chief Executive of Dechert LLP.[3] He was also a member of the advisory board of the School of Oriental and African Studies[3] and a Trustee of The Foyle Foundation.[1]

Personal life

Duffell married Ann Murray Woodd, daughter of Colonel Basil Bethune Neville Woodd, of a landed gentry family of Shynewood, Shropshire; they have a son, the cricketer Charlie Duffell, and daughter, Rachel.[4][5][6]

Works
  • Duffell, Peter (2019), Gurkha Odyssey: Campaigning for the Crown, Pen & Sword (with illustrations by Ken Howard)

References
  1. Foyle Foundation
  2. Birthdays The Independent, 18 June 1994
  3. School of Oriental and African Studies Archived 10 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, vol. II, ed. Peter Townend, Woodd formerly of Shynewood pedigree
  5. Who's Who in Hong Kong, ed. Kevin Sinclair, Database Publishing (Hong Kong), 1984, p. 100
  6. ""Reflections of a Soldier in Hong Kong". Lecture and Curry Lunch 16th November 2018 – The Gurkha Museum". Thegurkhamuseum.co.uk. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2019.


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