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Jock Stirrup

February 2013

  • Drama reconstruction of WW1 Christmas Truce

    Kickabout that captured futility of first world war to be replayed for centenary

  • Australian troops after Passchendaele, also known as the third battle of Ypres in 1917

    First world war commemorations 'will be like Titanic anniversary' – minister

October 2012

  • General Lord Richard Dannatt

    MoD lobbying claims: the key figures

    Top brass are said to have boasted of access to ministers, sparking a crackdown on lobbying at the Ministry of Defence

May 2011

  • Liam Fox delivers his Chatham House speech

    Liam Fox signals determination to press on with defence cuts

    Defence secretary says tough decisions must be taken on a regular basis in order to sustain the 'strict cost-control regime' he has put in place

October 2010

  • Outgoing head of armed forces Sir Jock Stirrup

    Afghanistan 2012 pullout will be rapid, says Sir Jock Stirrup

    Outgoing head of the armed forces said faster withdrawal would risk undoing progress already made
  • Sir Jock Stirrup

    Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup to join Lords

    Outgoing head of armed forces awarded non-political life peerage

  • The Taking of Prince Harry

    Don't show Prince Harry kidnap drama, says army chief

    Sir Jock Stirrup writes letter to Channel 4 claiming film would be distressing to forces families and damaging to morale. By Mark Sweney

September 2010

  • Sir Jock Stirrup

    Iraq was 'failure of strategic thinking', chief of defence staff tells MPs

    Sir Jock Stirrup tells select committee that politicians did not understand the consequences of invading Iraq

June 2010

  • George Osborne

    This week
    This week: George Osborne, Sir Jock Stirrup and Louie Spence

    Lucy Mangan on the people hitting the headlines in the past seven days

  • Sir Jock Stirrup

    Sir Jock Stirrup 'should go before defence review'

    Top military officer Sir Jock Stirrup under pressure to leave post before defence review gets under way
  • Sir Jock Stirrup

    Sir Jock Stirrup to resign early as army's chief of defence staff

    British armed forces chief to step down earlier than planned, defence secretary Liam Fox says

February 2010

  • Sir Jock Stirrup

    Defence chiefs feared equipment shortage as Iraq invasion began

  • Sir Jock Stirrup

    Troops sent to Iraq without sufficient body armour, Chilcot inquiry told

August 2009

  • We owe it to our troops in Afghanistan

    Jock Stirrup

    Jock Stirrup: Victory in Afghanistan is not a foregone conclusion. Early progress on security and rule of law is essential

July 2009

  • A CH-47 helicopter in Afghanistan.

    Afghanistan: Deployment of more helicopters would save lives, head of armed forces says

    Sir Jock Stirrup says military is 'busting a gut' to draft more of the vehicles into service

January 2009

  • Defence chief attacks 'smug' UK military

    Sir Jock Stirrup acknowledges that British criticised by some Americans over performance in Afghanistan

December 2008

  • Exit Iraq, heads high

    Jock Stirrup

    Jock Stirrup: British forces will not leave Basra in shame, but with reputations intact. We should salute them

November 2008

  • Prince Harry in Afghanistan

    Defence chief supports media self-regulation

  • Afghanistan

    Defence chief will resist any US call to send more troops to Afghanistan

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