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Richard Trant
Birth nameRichard Brooking Trant
Nickname(s)"Dick"
Born30 March 1928
Thurlestone, England
Died3 October 2007(2007-10-03) (aged 79)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1947–1986
RankQuartermaster-General to the Forces
Lieutenant General
Commands held3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
5th Airportable Brigade
South East District
Battles/warsKorean War
Falklands War
The Troubles
Aden
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Other workCommissioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Chairman of the Cornwall Heritage Trust
Chairman of the Devon and Cornwall Historic Society
President of the Royal Cornwall Show

General Sir Richard Brooking Trant, KCB, DL (30 March 1928 – 3 October 2007) was an officer in the British Army. He was Land Deputy Commander in the Falklands War, and served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1983 to 1986.

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