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Richard Dannatt

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 23, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:30, 7 December 2016 (UTC)



Richard Dannatt (born 23 December 1950) is a retired senior British Army officer and served as the Constable of the Tower of London from August 2009 to July 2016. He was commissioned into the Green Howards in 1971, and his first tour of duty was in Belfast as a platoon commander. During his second tour of duty, Dannatt was awarded the Military Cross. He was given command of 4th Armoured Brigade in 1994, commanding it during peace operations in Bosnia. He took command of 3rd Mechanised Division in 1999, simultaneously commanding British forces in Kosovo. After a brief tour in Bosnia, he was appointed Assistant Chief of the General Staff (ACGS). Following the attacks of 11 September 2001, he became involved in planning for subsequent operations in the Middle East. As Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), a role he assumed in 2003, Dannatt led the ARRC headquarters in planning for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Dannatt was appointed Chief of the General Staff in 2006, succeeding General Sir Mike Jackson. Dannatt faced controversy over his outspokenness, in particular his calls for improved pay and conditions for soldiers and for a drawdown of operations in Iraq in order to better man those in Afghanistan.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 20 November military person, but from Vietnam 1 November
 * Main editors: HJ Mitchell
 * Promoted: 2011
 * Reasons for nomination: birthday
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:51, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Support, assuming Harry is happy for him to go up then, and that his blurb should probably mention he didn't just command 4th Armd Bde, he commanded it in Bosnia as part of IFOR. A bloody good bloke, even if he is a Pom... Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:51, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * are you happy with this? Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:46, 6 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  12:03, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Support birthday good reason Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:34, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment, leaning support -- I remember reviewing/supporting at ACR and FAC, and have had on my watchlist ever since, so I think the article's in reasonably good shape but I'd prefer it if Harry gave it the once-over before it hits the front page. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:27, 8 November 2016 (UTC)