| 词条 | Patrick Cordingley |
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| name =Patrick Cordingley | image = | caption = | birth_date ={{birth date and age|df=yes|1944|10|06}} | death_date = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1965–2000 | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands =7th Armoured Brigade Eastern District 2nd Division | battles =Gulf War | awards =Distinguished Service Order | relations = | laterwork = }} Major General Patrick Anthony John Cordingley OBE DSO FRGS (born 6 October 1944) is a retired British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division. Military careerCordingley was educated at Sherborne School and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (Intake 35), where he was Senior Under-Officer of Waterloo Company. He was commissioned into 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in June 1965.[1] He was given command of the 7th Armoured Brigade (Desert Rats) in 1988 and he was the commander who in 1991 led the British and American forces which overcame the Iraqi defences during the Gulf War.[2] He became General Officer Commanding Eastern District in 1992, General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1995 and Senior British Loan Services Officer to Oman in 1996 before he retired in 2000.[3] In 1996 he published a book detailing his leading the troops into Iraq titled 'In The Eye of the Storm' which rose to the top of the non-fictional best seller lists.[4] He was opposed to the Iraq War and has frequently spoken out against it citing his concern that many thousands of civilians would die unnecessarily.[5] Cordingley has also spoken out against Britain renewing its Trident Nuclear deterrent.[6] Cordingley was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to the National Memorial Arboretum.[7] References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=43768|supp=y|page=8891|date=17 September 1965}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Michael Walker}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding Eastern District|years=1992–1995}}{{s-aft|after=Post disbanded}}2. ^Cordingley hopes Baghdad battle can be avoided 3. ^Army Commands {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }} 4. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/may/05/highereducation.news St Andrews gets lecture on morals in war] 5. ^Desert Rat speaks out against war 6. ^Cordingley speaks against Trident Replacement {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406042452/http://cut-trident.greenpeace.org.uk/ |date=6 April 2010 }} 7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B11|date=17 June 2017}} |-{{s-bef|before=Division Reformed (Post last held by Michael Walker)}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division|years=1995–1996}}{{s-aft|after=Dair Farrar-Hockley}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cordingley, Patrick}} 10 : 1944 births|Living people|British Army generals|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|British Army personnel of the Gulf War|Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards officers|People educated at Sherborne School|Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society|Officers of the Order of the British Empire |
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