Duncan Capps

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Duncan Capps
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Capps in 2021
Born (1966-12-21) 21 December 1966 (age 57)
Slough, Berkshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1986–2022
Rank Major General
Service number 525338
Unit Royal Corps of Transport
Commands held 104th Logistic Support Brigade
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (2020-2022)
Battles/wars War in Afghanistan
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Duncan Francis Capps CBE (born 21 December 1966) is a British Army officer. He served as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2020 to 2022.

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Early life and education

Capps was born on 21 December 1966 in Slough, Berkshire, England. He was educated at Charters School, a comprehensive school in Sunningdale, Berkshire. He graduated from Cranfield University with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1999. [1]

Military career

Capps was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Transport on 13 December 1986. [2] He was Commanding Officer of 7 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps from 2006 to 2008. [1]

He became Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in December 2008, [3] commander 104th Logistic Support Brigade in August 2011 [4] and commander, Joint Force Support in Afghanistan in December 2012. [5] He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics) at Permanent Joint Headquarters in November 2013, [6] Head of Defence Supply Chain Operations and Movements at Defence Equipment and Support in February 2016 [7] and General Officer Commanding Regional Command in June 2017. [8] Capps became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 27 March 2020, [9] and served as such until August 2022. He retired from the army in December 2022. [10]

Capps was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 21 March 2014. [11]

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