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Peter Ronald Davies (born 10 May 1938) is a retired British Army Officer and animal welfare campaigner.

Early life and education

Davies was educated at

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Welbeck College Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College (stylised as Welbeck – The Defence Sixth Form College), formerly named and often referred to as simply Welbeck College, was an independent, selective sixth form college in Leicestershire, England. While run a ...

and at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Military career

Davies was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1958. He became the commanding officer of the 1st Armoured Division's Signals Regiment in 1976. He went on to be commander of 12th Armoured Brigade in 1982, Director of Studies of the Staff College, Camberley in 1986 and Commander Communications,

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in 1988. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding

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in 1990 before retiring in 1991. Davies was appointed Colonel of The

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in 1986 and served in that position until 1994. He was also the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Signals from 1990 to 1996. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the

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Animal welfare

In 1991, Maj-Gen Davies was appointed the Director General of the

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(RSPCA) where he served for 11 years. During 2002, Davies assumed the role of Director General of The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) – now known as

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– until 2009. Also, Davies has served as the Chairman of Trustees for The Brooke Hospital for Animals, President of Eurogroup for Animal Welfare, Chairman of Animals in War Memorial Fund and as Chairman of Freedom Food Ltd (an initiative to assure high quality animal husbandry in food production) now known as RSPCA Assured.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Peter Ronald 1938 births Living people Academics of the Staff College, Camberley British animal welfare workers British Army major generals Companions of the Order of the Bath Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst People educated at Llandovery College Royal Corps of Signals officers People educated at Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College