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Colonel Hamish Stephen de Bretton-Gordon (born September 1963) is a chemical weapons expert and was a director of SecureBio Limited until its dissolution on 17 August 2017. He was formerly a British Army officer for 23 years and commanding officer of the UK's
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and NATO's Rapid Reaction CBRN Battalion. He is a visiting lecturer in
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at
Bournemouth University Bournemouth University is a public university in Bournemouth, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole. The university was founded in 1992; however, the origins of its predecessor date back to the early 1900s. The univer ...
. He attended
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and has a degree in agriculture from the
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(1987). He has commented on chemical and biological weapons for the
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Military service

On 4 January 1988, while being sponsored through university by the
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as a university candidate, de Bretton-Gordon was commissioned as a
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(on probation) in the
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. In September 1988, his commission was confirmed: he was given seniority in the rank of
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(second lieutenant) from 10 August 1985, and promoted to subaltern (
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) backdated to 4 January 1988 with seniority from 10 August 1987. He transferred from a short service commission to a regular commission on 29 January 1991, and was promoted to
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on 10 August 1991. In 1991, he saw active service in Iraq with the 14th/20th King's Hussars as part of the
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. After attending the
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, he was promoted to
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on 30 September 1995. He was promoted to
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on 30 June 2003. In 2004, rather than receiving the command of a tank regiment as he'd expected, he was appointed
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of the UK's
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. In preparation for the command, he studied for a diploma in
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at the
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. In the
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, he was appointed
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(OBE). He additionally commanded
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's Rapid Reaction CBRN Battalion between 2005 and 2007. He was promoted to
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on 30 June 2007. From 2007 to 2010, he was based at HQ Land Command as assistant director intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. He retired from the British Army on 12 September 2011.


See also

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Alastair Hay Alastair Watt Macintyre Hay (born April 1947) is a British toxicologist, and a Professor of Environmental Toxicology; he works primarily in the fields of chemical warfare and biological warfare (CBW). Education Hay gained a Bachelor of Science de ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bretton-Gordon, Hamish Chief operating officers Royal Tank Regiment officers Chemical warfare Officers of the Order of the British Empire Academics of Bournemouth University Alumni of the University of Reading People educated at Tonbridge School 1963 births Living people Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley British Army personnel of the Gulf War