Brigadier Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. I ...

William Richard Mundell was the penultimate 'Colonel of the Regiment' of the

Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division. In 1702, Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he di ...

, before their amalgamation into the

Yorkshire Regiment The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (abbreviated YORKS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, created by the amalgamation of three historic regiments in 2006. It lost one battalion as part of the Army 2020 defence ...

, 3rd Battalion (Duke of Wellington's).

Military career

Mundell was commissioned into the

on 19 December 1958. He commanded his regiment on deployment in

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in spring 1982 for which he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He became commander of 6th Armoured Brigade in January 1983, Deputy Commander, North East District in July 1986 and Brigadier, Infantry for

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in April 1988. He became colonel of the

in 1990.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mundell, William Richard Living people British Army generals Officers of the Order of the British Empire Year of birth missing (living people)