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Air Chief Marshal '''Sir Peter de Lacy Le Cheminant''' (born 17 June 1920) was [[Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Vice-Chief of Defence Staff]].

==Military career==
Educated at [[Elizabeth College, Guernsey]] and the [[Royal Air Force College Cranwell|RAF College, Cranwell]], Le Cheminant was commissioned into the [[Royal Air Force]] in 1939.<ref>Debretts People of Today 1994</ref> 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.<ref>Debretts People of Today 1994</ref>

He became Commandant of the [[Joint Warfare Establishment]] at [[Old Sarum]] in 1968 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy) in 1972.<ref>Debretts People of Today 1994</ref> He then became [[Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff]] in 1974<ref>Debretts People of Today 1994</ref> and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of [[Joint Force Command Brunssum|Allied Forces Central Europe]] in 1976.<ref>[http://www.rafweb.org/NATO1.htm RAF Web]</ref>

He became [[Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey]] in 1980.<ref>Debretts People of Today 1994</ref> He remains a keen Bisley marksman.<ref>[http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2005/07/19/top-marks/ Top Marks] This is Guernsey</ref>

==Further reading==
* ''The Royal Air Force: A Personal Experience'' by Peter Le Cheminant, Ian Allan Publishing, 2001, ISBN 978-0711027862

==References==
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