New commander for British Bases

A NEW commander will take over at the British Bases as of tomorrow.

Returning to Cyprus for a second tour of duty, Major General Angus Ramsay CBE will take up the appointment as Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas and Commander of the British Forces in Cyprus.

He will replace Air Vice Marshal Peter Millar, CBE who is returning to the UK on retirement from the Royal Air Force (RAF).

Major General Ramsay, who joined he army in 1964 and who was commissioned into the Royal Highland Fusiliers, was Chief of Staff at the Bases in 1992 and 1993.

During his career he served in Germany, Gibraltar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Oman, Singapore, the US and more recently in the former Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe.

He has also seen operational service in both Northern Ireland and Dhofar, where he commanded a rifle company of the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces during the Dhofar war. He was chief of Staff of the United Nations Force in Bosnia in 1993 and 1994.

Major General Ramsay is married with two children, and was appointed CBE in 1992.

Yesterday he met President Clerides, accompanied by Millar and by British High Commissioner David Madden.

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