| 词条 | Richard Peck (British Army officer) |
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| name = Richard Leslie Peck | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|5|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rushden, Northamptonshire, England | death_date = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = 1957–1997 | rank = Major-general | unit = Royal Engineers Brigade of Gurkhas | commands = | battles = Gulf War | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath | relations = | laterwork = }} Richard Leslie Peck (born 27 May 1937) CB is a former English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Peck served mostly with the Royal Engineers in a military career that spanned from 1957–1997, rising to the rank of major-general. He also played two first-class cricket matches for the Combined Services cricket team. Military careerPeck was educated at Wellingborough School,[1] before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He graduated from Sandhurst in December 1957, where upon he entered the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant.[2] In December 1959, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.[3] Promotion to captain came in December 1963.[4] He became a major in December 1969, with seniority antedated to June 1969.[5] His promotion to lieutenant colonel followed in June 1974.[6] He was promoted to the rank of colonel in December 1979,[7] and to brigadier in December 1981, antedated to June 1981.[8] Peck was appointed to the position of Chief in Engineer at the Ministry of Defence in January 1988,[9] at which point he was also promoted to the substantive rank of major-general in February 1988, with seniority to January 1987.[10] He was appointed as a companion to the Order of the Bath in the 1991 New Year Honours.[11] In the lead up to military operations in the Gulf War, Peck was involved in terrain analysis.[12] He relinquished the position of Chief in Engineer at the Ministry of Defence in August 1991.[13] Though he retired from service in December 1991,[14] he later served as colonel of the Brigade of Gurkhas, a position he had taken up in March 1993,[15] until his tenure expired in April 1996, at which point he was replaced by major-general Anthony Pigott.[16] His tenure as colonel commandant of the Royal Engineers expired in December 1997, a position he had held since October 1991,[17] at which point he was succeeded by major-general John Drewienkiewicz.[18] Following his retirement, Peck became a trustee of the Lord Kitchener Memorial Fund, which runs university scholarships for armed services members or their children.[19] CricketPeck played two first-class cricket matches for the Combined Services cricket team, in 1960 against Surrey at The Oval, and in 1962 against Ireland at Belfast.[20] He scored 24 runs across these two matches, as well as taking 2 wickets.[21] These wickets came in the only over he bowled in first-class cricket, during the match against Ireland when he dismissed Stanley Bergin and Noel Ferguson for the cost of one run.[22] He later played minor counties cricket for Berkshire, making two appearances in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship and two further appearances in the 1971 Minor Counties Championship.[23] His brother David also played cricket at first-class level.[21] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://guidetoindependentschools.com/business-directory/wellingborough/ |title=Wellingborough |publisher=Guide to Independent Schools |accessdate=2019-02-12}} 2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=41320|date=25 February 1958|startpage=1281|supp=y}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=41900|date=18 December 1959|startpage=8114|supp=y}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=43188|date=17 December 1963|startpage=10443|supp=y}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=45013|date=5 January 1970|startpage=216|supp=y}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=46394|date=24 September 1974|startpage=7897|supp=y}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=48080|date=28 January 1980|startpage=1438|supp=y}} 8. ^{{London Gazette |issue=48852|date=4 January 1982|startpage=157|supp=y}} 9. ^{{London Gazette |issue=51194|date=11 January 1988|startpage=308|supp=y}} 10. ^{{London Gazette |issue=51322|date=29 April 1988|startpage=5197|supp=y}} 11. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52382|date=28 December 1990|startpage=2|supp=y}} 12. ^{{cite journal|first=Christopher|last=Nash|date=2010|title=An Aspect of Terrain Analysis and the Gulf War|journal=Ranger - Defence Surveyors' Association|volume=3|issue=1|pages=32|url=http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/Images/Ranger/Ranger%20Summer%202010.pdf}} 13. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52640|date=23 August 1991|startpage=13050|supp=y}} 14. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52754|date=23 December 1991|startpage=19765}} 15. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52537|date=20 May 1991|startpage=7830|supp=y}} 16. ^{{London Gazette |issue=54360|date=1 April 1996|startpage=4796}} 17. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52691|date=21 October 1991|startpage=16044|supp=y}} 18. ^{{London Gazette |issue=55006|date=5 January 1998|startpage=102|supp=y}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://opencharities.org/charities/313525 |title=Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund |publisher=www.opencharities.org |accessdate=2019-02-18}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31987/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Peck |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-12 |url-access=subscription}} 21. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31987/31987.html |title=Player profile: Richard Peck |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-12 |url-access=subscription}} 22. ^{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25557.html |title=Ireland v Combined Services, 1962 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-12 |url-access=subscription}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31987/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Peck |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-12 |url-access=subscription}} External links
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