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Allegiance
  
Name
  
Simon Pack

Rank
  
Major-General

Years of service
  
1962–1997

Service/branch
  

Commands held
  
45 CommandoBritish Forces Gibraltar

Battles/wars
  
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontationThe Troubles

Major-General Simon James Pack CB, CBE is a retired Royal Marines officer.

Military career

Educated at Fernden Preparatory School in Surrey and Hurstpierpoint College, Pack was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1962. As a junior officer he was deployed to Sarawak during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. After serving in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, he became Commanding Officer of 45 Commando in 1987, Director Commitments (Overseas) in 1990 during the Gulf War and Commander British Forces Gibraltar in 1994.

Since his retirement from the Royal Marines in 1997, Pack has been International Teams Director of the England and Wales Cricket Board and Partnership Secretary of Gill Jennings & Every, a law firm.

References

Simon Pack Wikipedia


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