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accident four weeks earlier, when he had broken his skull in four places requiring a metal plate to be inset, but was still taking part in the exercise. As vanguard of the British attack, and "with breathtaking speed", Denaro's regiment hooked round the Iraqi right flank to cut off their line of
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Since leaving the army, Denaro has made a number of corporate speaking and after dinner appearances, and is represented by a number of companies including "Military Speakers".
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from 2000 to 2003, when he retired from the service. Denaro has served as President of the Army Polo Association from 2002 and was Honorary Colonel of the
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from 2000 to 2003. He was the highest-ranking officer of overseas birth in the British Army at that time.
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in its desert colours and Irish Hussars livery. Both Denaro and his tank are immortalised in the
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George Tancred Denaro and of Francesca Violet (Peggy) Denaro (née Garnett). He was educated at
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painting "The Basrah Road", the original of which hangs in the regimental museum of the
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In 1980, Denaro married Margaret Roney Acworth (Maggi), widow of Major
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as part of the 7th Armoured Brigade (under the command of Brigadier
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The Challenger 1 tank "Churchill" preserved at Bovington Tank Museum
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in Germany from 1996 to 1997. He became Middle East Adviser to the
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is given by the general himself in a book by Hugh McManners.
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After retiring from the British Army, Denaro was adviser to
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on 30 September 1980. Confirmation of his service with the
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from 1995 to 1996. He was Chief of Combat Support for the
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tank "Churchill" has been preserved at the Tank Museum
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in 2008. In retirement he also served as a Trustee of
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Major General Arthur Denaro with Prince Philip, 2004
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Index


Malaya
British Army
Major General
Service number
5th Division
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
20th Armoured Brigade
33rd Armoured Brigade
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
Gulf War
United Nations Protection Force
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Deputy Lieutenant
Major General
CBE
DL
British Army
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
Gulf War
Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
5th Infantry Division
Malaya
County Donegal
Brigadier
Downside School
Stratton-on-the-Fosse

Queen's Royal Irish Hussars

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