Colin Parr
Brigadier Colin Parr was reportedly the head of army intelligence in Northern Ireland in the early 1990s.[1]
After graduating from Sandhurst, Parr became a Second Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps in September 1965.[2] He was promoted to Lieutenant on 30 January 1967.[3]
Parr was mentioned in despatches for gallant conduct in South Arabia, while attached to the Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Yorkshire, in January 1968.[4]
He was promoted to Captain on 30 July 1971[5] and was promoted to Major in January 1978.[6] He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 June 1983.[7]
Parr was awarded the OBE on 16 April 1985 in recognition of distinguished service in Northern Ireland.[8]
He was promoted to Colonel on 30 June 1989.[9]
Parr was mentioned in despatches in recognition of distinguished service in Northern Ireland on 11 May 1993.[10] He was promoted to Brigadier on 30 June 1994.[11]
Parr was serving as defence attaché in Seoul in 1997.[12]
Parr retired from the army in February 1998 or 1999.[13]
Notes
- ↑ Liam Clarke, Freddie Scappaticci was our most valuable spy in IRA during the Troubles: British Army chief, Belfast Telegraph, 20 April 2012.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 43768, page 8893, 17 September 1965.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 44238, page 1162, 27 January 1967.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 44508, page 878, 19 January 1968.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 53298, page 8190, 2 August 1971.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 47432, page 311, 10 January 1978.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 49434, page 10179, 1 August 1983.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 50093, page 52285, 15 April 1985.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 51805, page 8085, 11 July 1989.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 53298, page 8190, 10 May 1993.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 53724, page 9605, 4 July 1994.
- ↑ Richard Lloyd Parry, No lasting rest for lost victim of Korean war], Independent, 17 April 1997.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 55410, page 2120, 23 February 1999.
