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Richard Shirreff
British Army general
GeneralSir Alexander Richard David Shirreff, KCB, CBE (born 21 October 1955) is a retired senior British Army officer and author.
From March 2011 to March 2014 he served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
Early and personal life
Shirreff was born in Kenya, the son of Alexander David Shirreff MC of the 5th Battalion King's African Rifles.
He was educated at Oundle School, then an all-boys private school in Northamptonshire.[2]
Shirreff was commissioned into the 14th/20th King's Hussars as a second lieutenant on probation (university cadetship) on 3 September 1976.[3] While sponsored through university by the British Army, he studied modern history at Exeter College, Oxford (BA, MA).[4][5] He was confirmed as a second lieutenant on probation and as a second lieutenant (seniority from 1 February 1974) on 18 June 1977 and simultaneously promoted to lieutenant from the same date (sen