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John Akehurst (British Army officer) : ウィキペディア英語版 | John Akehurst (British Army officer) General Sir John Bryan Akehurst, KCB, CBE (12 February 1930 – 20 February 2007) was a British Army General who rose to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. ==Military career== Educated at Cranbrook School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, John Akehurst was commissioned into the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1949.〔(Obituary: Sir John Akehurst ) The Times, 27 February 2007〕 He was seconded to the Malay Regiment in 1952 during the Malayan emergency.〔(Obituary: Sir John Akehurst ) Daily Telegraph, 6 March 2007〕 He was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd battalion Royal Anglian Regiment in 1968.〔 In 1974 he commanded the Dhofar Brigade of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces against a communist-inspired armed insurrection during the Dhofar Rebellion.〔 It reached a peak in the autumn of 1975 when he successfully launched an attack from the mountain garrison of Sarfait on the border, although at Christmas 1975 his helicopter was attacked by guerrillas. He spent two years as Deputy Military Secretary from 1976 to 1978 and then became General Officer Commanding 4th Armoured Division in 1979.〔 In 1982 he was appointed Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley and in 1984 he became Commander of the UK Field Army.〔 His final appointment was as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1987; he retired in 1990.〔
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