David Eastwood

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David Eastwood (1919-2010) was an Army and MI5 officer.[1]

He served as director of intelligence in Northern Ireland from 1971 until 1973.[2]

According to Simon Winchester, interrogators at Ballykinler Army Barracks were effectively under Eastwood's command.[3]

He was awarded a CBE in January 1973, with the London Gazette describing him as a 'senior technical advisor' in the Ministry of Defence.[4]


Notes

  1. David Eastwood, Telegraph, 9 December 2010.
  2. Nigel West, Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence, Scarecrow Press, 2014, p.192.
  3. Simon Winchester, Northern Ireland in crisis: reporting the Ulster troubles, Holmes & Meier, 1974, p.171.
  4. London Gazette,Supplement 45860, p.8.