Joint Warfare Establishment

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The Joint Warfare Establishment was a unit of the British Military based between 1971 and 1979 at a former RAF base at Old Sarum. It was the home of British psyops training from at least 1970. In March 1979 the JWE moved to Latimer, Buckinghamsire 'near the National Defence College'[1]

People

Commandants

  • ??-1973 Rear-Admiral Teddy Gueritz 'Commandant of the Joint Warfare Establishment, Old Sarum, before leaving the Navy in 1973.'[2]
  • 1974-76 Air Vice -Marshal Frederick Hazelwood 'His final appointment was as the commandant of the Joint Warfare Establishment at Old Sarum. He retired from the RAF in January 1977.'[3]
  • 1976-79 Major-General Patrick Owens
  • 1979-?? Brigadier [G. D. J. R. Russell]] In March 1979 the JWE moved to Latimer, Buckinghamsire 'near the National Defence College'[4]

Notes

  1. Roger Faligot, Britain's Military Strategy in Ireland: the Kitson Experiment, Brandon/Zed 1983, p. 64
  2. Rear-Admiral Teddy Gueritz, Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, Published: 7:33PM GMT 06 Jan 2009
  3. Air Vice-Marshal Freddie Hazlewood, Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, Published: 12:01AM BST 30 Jul 2007
  4. Roger Faligot, Britain's Military Strategy in Ireland: the Kitson Experiment, Brandon/Zed 1983, p. 64