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Ken Perkins

Ken Perkins

British Army general

Major General Kenneth Perkins CB MBE DFC (15 August 1926 – 23 October 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]

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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 to 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 8 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]
  • The Sultanate of Oman's location

References

  1. [1]
    "Major-General Ken Perkins". The Daily Telegraph. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. [2]
    Perkins, Ken; with a foreword by Lord Bramall (1988). A fortunate soldier (1st ed.). London: Brassey's Defence Publishers. ISBN 9780080347622.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. [3]
    "Ken Perkins". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Supplement to the London Gazette, 26 March 1948" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Supplement to The London Gazette, 11 September 1953" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Supplement to The London Gazette, 21 October 1955" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  7. [7]
    "Comments on General Perkins". armystaffcollege.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  8. [8]
    "Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 July 1967" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Supplement The London Gazette of 21 April 1975" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  10. [10]
    McKeown, John. "Dhofar War" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  11. [11]
    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. ISBN 9781848856349. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  12. [12]
    "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 21 June 1977" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  13. [13]
    "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). MoDUK. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  14. [14]
    Kriger, Norma J. (29 May 2003). Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabwe: Symbolic and Violent Politics, 1980–1987. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139438384. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  15. [15]
    "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). MoDUK. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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