Trevor Soar
Admiral Sir Trevor Soar KCB OBE was Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Commander Allied Maritime Command Northwood and Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom prior to his retirement on 6 January 2012.[1]
Sunday Times sting operation
In 2012, Soar was one of a number of retired senior army officers targeted in a sting operation by Sunday Times journalists posing as representatives of a Korean drone manufacturer.[2]
External Resources
Christopher Leake and Robert Verkaik, Top military brass 'use helicopters like taxis': Admiral flies to a meeting only 16 miles away... and it costs nearly £700, Mail Online, 21 August 2011.</ref>
Notes
- ↑ Up and out : Promotions, retirements, new posts for senior UK military personnel September 2011, defenceviewpoints.co.uk, 19 September 2011.
- ↑ Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012, pp.13-15.
