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- ↑ "Interim Chief Executive Appointed" (Press release). Falkland Islands Government. 5 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
- ↑ "The Royal British Legion appoints Chris Simpkins as its new Director General" (Press release). Royal British Legion. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012.
- ↑ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N9.
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