Rank: Colonel
Number: N028932S
Unit/Base: '3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines
Service: Royal Navy
Honours & Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Age: 48 years old
Died in service
Colonel Richard Pickup SBS died suddenly whilst posted as a Defence Advisor in Pretoria South Africa.
Richard Allan Pickup joined the Royal Marines in 1983 after university and was awarded the Sword of Honour at the CTCRM. After operational deployments to Northern Ireland and training in the Arctic, he was selected for Special Forces training and joined the Special Boat Service (SBS), later commanding the unit from 2000 until 2004 when he was appointed commander of the UK Forces in Kosovo.
He also led the task force which spearheaded the British campaign in Afghanistan.
He was appointed CBE (Military Division) in 2003.
(Sources: Daily Telegraph obituary 11th May 2009. / London Gazettes Supp. 57070, page 12067)
Contributor: Woose (48275987)
Number: N028932S
Unit/Base: '3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines
Service: Royal Navy
Honours & Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Age: 48 years old
Died in service
Colonel Richard Pickup SBS died suddenly whilst posted as a Defence Advisor in Pretoria South Africa.
Richard Allan Pickup joined the Royal Marines in 1983 after university and was awarded the Sword of Honour at the CTCRM. After operational deployments to Northern Ireland and training in the Arctic, he was selected for Special Forces training and joined the Special Boat Service (SBS), later commanding the unit from 2000 until 2004 when he was appointed commander of the UK Forces in Kosovo.
He also led the task force which spearheaded the British campaign in Afghanistan.
He was appointed CBE (Military Division) in 2003.
(Sources: Daily Telegraph obituary 11th May 2009. / London Gazettes Supp. 57070, page 12067)
Contributor: Woose (48275987)
Rank: Colonel
Number: N028932S
Unit/Base: '3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines
Service: Royal Navy
Honours & Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Age: 48 years old
Died in service
Colonel Richard Pickup SBS died suddenly whilst posted as a Defence Advisor in Pretoria South Africa.
Richard Allan Pickup joined the Royal Marines in 1983 after university and was awarded the Sword of Honour at the CTCRM. After operational deployments to Northern Ireland and training in the Arctic, he was selected for Special Forces training and joined the Special Boat Service (SBS), later commanding the unit from 2000 until 2004 when he was appointed commander of the UK Forces in Kosovo.
He also led the task force which spearheaded the British campaign in Afghanistan.
He was appointed CBE (Military Division) in 2003.
(Sources: Daily Telegraph obituary 11th May 2009. / London Gazettes Supp. 57070, page 12067)
Contributor: Woose (48275987)
Number: N028932S
Unit/Base: '3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines
Service: Royal Navy
Honours & Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Age: 48 years old
Died in service
Colonel Richard Pickup SBS died suddenly whilst posted as a Defence Advisor in Pretoria South Africa.
Richard Allan Pickup joined the Royal Marines in 1983 after university and was awarded the Sword of Honour at the CTCRM. After operational deployments to Northern Ireland and training in the Arctic, he was selected for Special Forces training and joined the Special Boat Service (SBS), later commanding the unit from 2000 until 2004 when he was appointed commander of the UK Forces in Kosovo.
He also led the task force which spearheaded the British campaign in Afghanistan.
He was appointed CBE (Military Division) in 2003.
(Sources: Daily Telegraph obituary 11th May 2009. / London Gazettes Supp. 57070, page 12067)
Contributor: Woose (48275987)
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