Colin Parr

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Brigadier Colin Parr was reportedly the head of army intelligence in Northern Ireland in the early 1990s.[1]

After graduating from Sandhurst, Parr became a Second Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps in September 1965.[2] He was promoted to Lieutenant on 30 January 1967.[3]

Parr was mentioned in despatches for gallant conduct in South Arabia, while attached to the Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Yorkshire, in January 1968.[4]

He was promoted to Captain on 30 July 1971[5] and was promoted to Major in January 1978.[6] He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 June 1983.[7]

Parr was awarded the OBE on 16 April 1985 in recognition of distinguished service in Northern Ireland.[8]

He was promoted to Colonel on 30 June 1989.[9]

Parr was mentioned in despatches in recognition of distinguished service in Northern Ireland on 11 May 1993.[10] He was promoted to Brigadier on 30 June 1994.[11]

Parr was serving as defence attaché in Seoul in 1997.[12]

Parr retired from the army in February 1998 or 1999.[13]

Notes

  1. Liam Clarke, Freddie Scappaticci was our most valuable spy in IRA during the Troubles: British Army chief, Belfast Telegraph, 20 April 2012.
  2. London Gazette, issue 43768, page 8893, 17 September 1965.
  3. London Gazette, issue 44238, page 1162, 27 January 1967.
  4. London Gazette, issue 44508, page 878, 19 January 1968.
  5. London Gazette, issue 53298, page 8190, 2 August 1971.
  6. London Gazette, issue 47432, page 311, 10 January 1978.
  7. London Gazette, issue 49434, page 10179, 1 August 1983.
  8. London Gazette, issue 50093, page 52285, 15 April 1985.
  9. London Gazette, issue 51805, page 8085, 11 July 1989.
  10. London Gazette, issue 53298, page 8190, 10 May 1993.
  11. London Gazette, issue 53724, page 9605, 4 July 1994.
  12. Richard Lloyd Parry, No lasting rest for lost victim of Korean war], Independent, 17 April 1997.
  13. London Gazette, issue 55410, page 2120, 23 February 1999.