C.J. Popham
Major-General C.J. Popham (2 April 1927-25 July 2005) was a senior NATO intelligence officer and later head of the British Atlantic Committee from 1982 to 1992.[1]
Early life
Christopher John Popham was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School.[2]
Military Career
Popham was commissioned in 1946, and served in India with King George V’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners RIE then the Pakistan Engineers. He then served with the Royal Engineers in England, Germany and Cyprus. He was military assistant to the Quartermaster-General from 1966 to 1968, before commanding 36 Engineer Regiment, an element of the 4th Division of British Army of the Rhine and finally 12th Engineer Brigade.[3]
He was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence) at NATO's HQ Northern Army Group in 1976.[4] He was appointed to the same position at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and granted the acting rank of Major-General on 12th June 1979.[5]
The Times credits Popham for co-operation with the US agencies on the use of satellite imagery that paved the way for later negotiations on Conventional forces.[6]
British Atlantic Committee
On his retirement from the Army in 1982, Popham became director of the British Atlantic Committee, a post which he held until 1992.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Major-General C.J. Popham, Sunday Times, 24 August 2005.
- ↑ Major-General C.J. Popham, Sunday Times, 24 August 2005.
- ↑ Major-General C.J. Popham, Sunday Times, 24 August 2005.
- ↑ Major-General C.J. Popham, Sunday Times, 24 August 2005.
- ↑ SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 19 June 1979, p.7715.
- ↑ Major-General C.J. Popham, Sunday Times, 24 August 2005.
- ↑ Major-General C.J. Popham, Sunday Times, 24 August 2005.
