Richard Felton

Lieutenant General Richard Friedrich Patrick Felton, CBE is a former British Army officer who served as Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority from 2017 to 2019.

Richard Felton
Brigadier Felton in 2011
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1985–2019
Rank	Lieutenant General
Service number	522846
Commands held	Defence Safety Authority Joint Helicopter Command Task Force Helmand 4th Mechanized Brigade 9 Regiment Army Air Corps
Battles/wars	The Troubles War in Afghanistan Iraq War
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Military career

Felton was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Transport on 6 September 1985.[1] He became Commanding Officer of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in April 2004, Chief of Staff of 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in April 2007 and Commander of 4th Mechanized Brigade in January 2009.[2] It was in this role that he was deployed as Commander of Task Force Helmand in April 2010.[2] He went on to be Chief of Joint Forces Operations at Joint Forces Headquarters in March 2011 and Commander of Joint Helicopter Command in March 2014.[3] He became Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority in April 2017.[4]

References

1. "No. 50398". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 January 1986. p. 559.
2. "Brigadier Richard Felton takes over Task Force Helmand". BBC. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
3. "Ups and outs". Defence News. May 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
4. "Generals: April 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2017.

Military offices
Preceded by Carl Dixon	Commander Joint Helicopter Command 2014–2017	Succeeded by Jonathan Pentreath
Preceded by Richard Garwood	Director-General Defence Safety Authority 2017–2019	Succeeded by Sue Gray