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Noel Thomas

Noel Thomas

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Not to be confused with Noel Thomas Jr..
For the English wheelchair curler, see Noel Thomas (curler).

General Sir John Noel Thomas KCB DSO MC (28 February 1915 – 16 March 1983) was a Master-General of the Ordnance.

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Military career

Thomas was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1936.[1]

He served in World War II latterly as Commander Royal Engineers for the Guards Armoured Division in North West Europe.[1]

He was appointed General Officer Commanding 42nd (Lancashire) Division/District of the Territorial Army in 1963 and then became Director of Combat Development (Army) at the Ministry of Defence in 1965.[1] He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1968 and Master-General of the Ordnance in 1971; in this capacity he was also a member of the Procurement Executive Organisation formed by Prime Minister Edward Heath that year.[2] He retired in 1974.[1]

He also served as Colonel of the Royal Pioneer Corps from 1968 to 1976.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Thomas, Noel". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    Procurement Executive Organisation Flight International, 5 August 1971
  3. [3]
    "Royal Pioneer Corps". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 19 July 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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