Sir Derek Boorman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 September 1930 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1950−1988 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Service number | 411897 |
| Unit | North Staffordshire Regiment |
| Commands held | 51st Brigade Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir Derek Boorman KCB (born 30 September 1930) is a retired former senior British Army officer.
Educated at Wolstanton Grammar School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, [1] Boorman was commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1950. [2] He was Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General at Headquarters 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade and subsequently Commander of 51st Brigade in Hong Kong. [3]
He was appointed Director of Military Operations at the Ministry of Defence in 1980 [4] and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1982. [5] He went on to be Chief of Defence Intelligence in 1985: [6] in that capacity he took the view that the Mikhail Gorbachev's proposals for internal reform and deep cuts in missile stocks were genuine. [7] He retired from the British Army in 1988. [8]
He was also Colonel of the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles from 1983 to 1988 [9] and Colonel of the Staffordshire Regiment from 1985 to 1990. [10]
In October 1992 he was appointed a Member of the Government's Security Commission [11] and in 1996 he accused Government Ministers of being untruthful in their evidence to the Arms to Iraq Inquiry. [12] He retired from the Security Commission in 1998. [13]
In 1994 he became Chairman of the Royal Hospitals Trust – a post he held until 1998. [14] Then in 2000 he became a Deputy Pro-Chancellor of the University of Kent. [15]
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