RARE "Commander UK Land Forces" Sir James Glover Hand Written Note For Sale

Up for sale a RARE! "UK Land Forces" General James Glover Hand Written Note.

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General

Sir James Malcolm Glover, KCB,

DL (25 March 1929 – 4 June 2000) was a former Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces.

Educated at Wellington College, Jimmy Glover, as he

was generally known, was commissioned into the Royal

Artillery in 1949. He transferred to the Rifle Brigade

in 1956 and served with the Brigade during the Malayan

Emergency. He was Commanding Officer of 3 Bn Royal Green Jackets from 1970 to 1971.[1] He then went on to command 19 Air Portable Brigade

from 1974 to 1975. He was Commander of Land Forces in Northern

Ireland from 1979 to 1980. He was then Deputy Chief of Defence Staff

(Intelligence) from 1981 to 1983 and Vice Chief of the Imperial General

Staff from 1983 to 1985. He served as the Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces

from 1985 to 1987 when he retired.