| 词条 | John Simpson (British Army officer) |
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| name =John Simpson | image = | caption = | birth_date =10 October 1927 | death_date =7 March 2007 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{UK}} | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1945–1979 | rank =Brigadier | unit = | commands =Special Air Service | battles =Malayan Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | awards =Commander of the Order of the British Empire | relations = | laterwork = }} Brigadier John James Hope Simpson CBE (10 October 1927 – 7 March 2007) was a British Army officer who became Director SAS. Military careerEducated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad, Simpson enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in May 1945 and was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1946.[1] He served in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency in the early 1950s, in Cyprus during terrorist campaign EOKA in the late 1950s and then commanded a small amphibious team in Borneo during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in the early 1960s.[1] He was appointed an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley in 1965, Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces in 1969 and Director SAS in 1972.[2] His last appointment was in 1975 as Director of the team at the Defence Policy Staff who had responsibility for NATO and Europe before he retired in 1979.[1] References1. ^1 2 Obituary: Brigadier John Simpson The Times, 29 March 2007 {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Fergie Semple}}{{s-ttl|title=Director SAS|years=1972–1975}}{{s-aft|after=John Watts}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, John}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |title=Army Commands |date=26 July 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |archivedate= 4 March 2016 |df= }} 9 : 1927 births|2007 deaths|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Gordon Highlanders officers|Special Air Service officers|British military personnel of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation|British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency|British military personnel of the Cyprus Emergency|Alumni of Queen's Royal College, Trinidad |
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