Peter Beer (RAF officer)

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Peter Beer
Born (1941-07-16) 16 July 1941 (age 80)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
RankAir vice-marshal
Commands heldRAF Brize Norton
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order

Air vice-marshal Peter George Beer, CB, CBE, LVO (born 16 July 1941) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who was Equerry to The Queen from 1971 to 1974.[1]

RAF career[]

Beer was born in 1941. He attended the Royal College of Defence Studies, and the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. He was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 1974.

Beer was station commander of RAF Brize Norton in 1986, and was promoted to air commodore on 1 July 1987. By 1990 he was Director Air Plans and Programmes. On promotion to air vice marshal he was appointed Commander British Forces Falkland Islands from 1991 to 1992, Director-General Training and Personnel from 1992, and Chief of Staff, Personnel and Training Command from July 1994.

Retirement[]

After his retirement from the RAF, Beer became Home Bursar at Jesus College, Oxford from 1997 to 2006, succeeding Air Commodore . Peter Beer is an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Beer, Air Vice-Marshal Peter George, (born 16 July 1941), Fellow and Home Bursar, Jesus College, Oxford, 1997–2006, now Emeritus Fellow". Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u7050.
  2. ^ "Academic Staff by Name". Jesus College Oxford. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2010.


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