Richard Shirreff
Sir Richard Shirreff | |
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Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |
Early and personal life
Shirreff was born in Kenya, the son of Alexander David Shirreff MC of the 5th Battalion King's African Rifles. He was educated at Oundle School, then an all-boys private school in Northamptonshire.[2]
Shirreff was
Military career
Shirreff was promoted to
Shirreff was promoted to
On 11 January 2010, Shirreff
Shirreff is currently the honorary colonel of
Post-military career
Shirreff is an Advisory Board member of the non-for profit security organisation Genderforce, aiming to fight and prevent acts of Sexual and Gender Based Violence in conflict and post-conflict situations.[28][29] He is a founding partner of Strategia Worldwide, a risk management consultancy founded in 2016.[30]
In 2016, Shirreff published a book entitled 2017: War with Russia: An Urgent Warning from Senior Military Command. The part-fictional book suggests that Russia could easily invade the Baltic States, that war between Russia and NATO would be possible, and implies strongly that Shirreff finds military high command and government incapable of creating a suitable response.[31] It also alleges that former Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, tried to court-martial him when he spoke up on British defence cuts.[32][33][34]
Shirreff's commentaries on foreign militaries, such as his assessment on the strategic weaknesses of Russia's armed forces, have been distributed by news agencies such as Times Radio.[35]
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- ^ Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe NATO
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- ^ "Royal Armoured Corps" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ Whitehead, Tom (18 May 2016). "Britain has become 'semi-pacifist' under Cameron, says retired general as he warns of war with Russia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Advisory Board Member – Sir Richard Shirreff". Genderforce C.I.C. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "About Us". Strategia Worldwide. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-4736-5482-2.
- ^ Whitehead, Tom (18 May 2016). "Britain has become 'semi-pacifist' under Cameron, says retired general as he warns of war with Russia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Holehouse, Matthew (20 May 2016). "General warned of nuclear war to pay mortgage". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Former Nato commander's new book predicts invasion of Baltic as Putin bids to 'make Russia a great power again'". The Independent. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "'Putin's invasion will crumble if Nato continues support' - General Sir Richard Shirreff". Times Radio. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.