Peter Le Cheminant

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter de Lacy Le Cheminant (born 17 June 1920) was Vice-Chief of Defence Staff.

Military career

Educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the RAF College, Cranwell, Le Cheminant was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1939.[1] He served in World War II and won the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1943; he also served in Korea and won a bar to his DFC in 1951.[2]

He became Commandant of the Joint Warfare Establishment at Old Sarum in 1968 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy) in 1972.[3] He then became Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in 1974[4] and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe in 1976.[5]

He became Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey in 1980.[6] He remains a keen Bisley marksman.[7]

Further reading

  • The Royal Air Force: A Personal Experience by Peter Le Cheminant, Ian Allan Publishing, 2001, ISBN 978-0711027862

References

  1. Debretts People of Today 1994
  2. Debretts People of Today 1994
  3. Debretts People of Today 1994
  4. Debretts People of Today 1994
  5. RAF Web
  6. Debretts People of Today 1994
  7. Top Marks This is Guernsey