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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Years of service
  
1985 -

Service/branch
  
Battles/wars
  
War in Afghanistan

Rank
  
Major general

Name
  
Richard Felton


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Commands held
  
9 Regiment Army Air Corps4th Mechanized BrigadeJoint Helicopter Command

Awards
  
Order of the British Empire

Battles and wars
  
War in Afghanistan

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Lieutenant-General Richard Friedrich Patrick Felton CBE is the Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority.

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Military career

Felton was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Transport on 6 September 1985. He became Commanding Officer of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in April 2004, Chief of Staff of 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in April 2007 and Commander of 4th Mechanized Brigade in January 2009. It was in this role that he was deployed as Commander of Task Force Helmand in April 2010. He went on to be Chief of Joint Forces Operations at Joint Forces Headquarters in March 2011 and Commander of Joint Helicopter Command in March 2014. He became Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority in April 2017.

References

Richard Felton Wikipedia