Next comes a three-week map-reading tour of the hills and then Test Week, during which the most gruelling marches are undertaken. Cordingley was educated at Sherborne School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (Intake 35), where he was Senior Under-Officer of Waterloo Company. He was commissioned into 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in June 1965. [1] He was given command of the 7th Armoured Brigade (Desert Rats) in 1988 and, in 1991, led the brigade during the Gulf War. [2] He became General Officer Commanding Eastern District in 1992, General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1995 and Senior British Loan Services Officer to Oman in 1996, before he retired in 2000. [3] Later life [ edit ] The Arboretum, which is part of the Royal British Legion family of charities, submitted its plans to Lichfield District Council in May 2012 following a period of public consultation.

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Gen Cordingley became a published author in 1996, with the release of the the best-selling book In The Eye Of The Storm - which details his account of leading the troops into Iraq. He has been quoted as being sceptical about the Second Gulf War against Saddam, and especially about the validity of the so-called "dodgy dossier" which was used to build a public case for new military action. Before the 2003 invasion he said: "I don't think they have much, frankly."