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David Mostyn (British Army officer)

David Mostyn (British Army officer)

British Army general

General Sir Joseph David Frederick Mostyn KCB, CBE (28 November 1928 – 20 January 2007) was a British soldier and one-time Adjutant-General to the Forces.

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Military career

Educated at Downside School[1] and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, David Mostyn was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1949.[2] He was mentioned in despatches for helping to suppress the Brunei Revolt in 1962 whilst serving with the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd).[3] In 1969 he was appointed commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets and was deployed to BAOR and Northern Ireland.[1] In 1972 he went on to command the 8th Infantry Brigade.[1] In 1980 he became Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin[1] and in 1983 he was appointed Military Secretary.[1] He went on to be Adjutant General in 1986[4] retiring from the British Army in 1989.[5]

He was made an ADC General to the Queen in 1987.[6]

He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1962,[7] promoted to Commander in the Order in 1974,[8] and made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1984.[9]

In retirement he became Chairman of the Lyme Regis Hospital Trust.[1]

Family

In 1952 he married Diana Patricia Sheridan and together they went on to have four sons and two daughters.[1] Lady Mostyn died in 2018.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    Debrett's People of Today 1994
  2. [2]
    "No. 38535". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 February 1949. p. 748.
  3. [3]
    Obituary: Sir David Mostyn The Daily Telegraph, 29 January 2007
  4. [4]
    "No. 50746". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 December 1986. p. 16219.
  5. [5]
    "No. 51644". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 February 1989. p. 1888.
  6. [6]
    "No. 50826". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 February 1987. p. 1771.
  7. [7]
    "No. 42552". The London Gazette. 1 January 1962. p. 8.
  8. [8]
    "No. 46328". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 1974. p. 7125.
  9. [9]
    "No. 49583". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1983. p. 2.
  10. [10]
    Mostyn
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