David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux
type: Item
sex or gender: male
spouse: Caroline Bond
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
instance of: human
position held: Chief of the Defence Staff
position held: Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
position held: member of the House of Lords
child: Joanna Richards
child: Pippa Richards
educated at: Cardiff University
educated at: Eastbourne College
educated at: Staff College, Camberley
occupation: military personnel
award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire
award received: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
award received: Distinguished Service Order
Commons category: David Richards
military rank: general
military branch: British Army
work period (start): 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
family name: Richards
given name: David
given name: Julian
date of birth: 1952-03-04T00:00:00Z
commander of (DEPRECATED): Royal Horse Artillery
conflict: War in Afghanistan
conflict: the Troubles
conflict: International Force East Timor
conflict: Sierra Leone Civil War
allegiance: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
different from: David Richards
writing language: English
Wikidata QID: Q922004
label: David Richards
label: David J. Richards @de
label: ديفيد ريتشاردز @ar
description: British general
description: militaire britannique @fr
description: militare britannico @it
description: britischer General, Vorsitzender des Generalstabs der Streitkräfte des Vereinigten Königreichs @de
description: عسكري من المملكة المتحدة @ar
alternative label: General David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux
alternative label: The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux