Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill

Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Lord Vincent of Coleshill
Vincent in 2008
Birth name	Richard Frederick Vincent
Born	(1931-08-23)23 August 1931 Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
Died	8 September 2018(2018-09-08) (aged 87)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1951–96
Rank	Field Marshal
Service number	417555
Unit	Royal Artillery
Commands	Chief of the Defence Staff (1991–92) Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (1988–91) Royal Military College of Science (1980−83) 19th Airportable Brigade (1975–77) 12th Light Air Defence Regiment (1970–72)
Battles/wars	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Operation Banner
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Distinguished Service Order Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)[1]

Field Marshal Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill, GBE, KCB, DSO (23 August 1931 – 8 September 2018) was a British Army officer. After serving with British Army of the Rhine he served with the Commonwealth Brigade in Malaysia during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. He commanded the 12th Light Air Defence Regiment in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, and later commanded the 19th Airportable Brigade. Although he never served as one of the individual service heads, he went on to be Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in the late 1980s and then Chief of the Defence Staff in the aftermath of the Gulf War. He subsequently became Chair of the Military Committee of NATO in the mid-1990s.