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          Nick Houghton

          Retired senior British Army officer and Chief of the Defence Staff

          GeneralJohn Nicholas Reynolds Houghton, Baron Houghton of Richmond, GCB, CBE, DL (HAW-tən; born 18 October 1954) is a retired senior British Army officer and former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the British Armed Forces.

          Royal Air Force (RAF) Gen. Nicholas Houghton, right, the Vice Chief of the Defense Staff of the British armed forces, greets an RAF member assigned to the 62nd.

        1. Royal Air Force (RAF) Gen. Nicholas Houghton, right, the Vice Chief of the Defense Staff of the British armed forces, greets an RAF member assigned to the 62nd.
        2. Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nicholas Houghton has inspected the next generation of Army Reserves at their Passing Out parade in Grantham.
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        4. He was born on October 18, in Oatley, West Yorkshire.
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          6. He was appointed CDS in July 2013, following the retirement of General Sir David Richards. He served as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, the Green Howards in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and later became Commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland.

          He deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq during the Iraq War. Later, he became Chief of Joint Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters and served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff until assuming the position of CDS.

          Houghton retired from the British Army in July 2016, and was succeeded as CDS by Air Chief Mar