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The Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) is an internationally-renowned institution and component of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. The RCDS Mission is: Formerly the Imperial Defence College, RCDS owes its origins to the recommendation of a cabinet committee in 1922 presided over by Winston Churchill, then Secretary of State for the Colonies. The college was founded in 1927 and... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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    Royal College of Defence Studies

    The Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) is an internationally-renowned institution and component of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. The RCDS Mission is:
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    Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies

    The Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies was a UK senior serving military officer between 1972 and 2001. The post rotated through the three branches of the armed forces in turn.
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    Royal College

    A Royal College in some Commonwealth countries is technically a college which has received permission to use the prefix Royal.[citation needed] Permission is usually granted through a Royal Charter.[citation needed] The charter normally confers a constitution with perpetual succession and the right to sue or be sued independently of the members. ... Royal College of Defence Studies, London
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    Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

    The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom provides Higher Education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, Other Government Departments and service personnel from other nations. ... Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), Seaford House, Belgravia, London
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    Defence College of Management and Technology

    The Defence Academy - College of Management and Technology (DA-CMT) is a British postgraduate school, research institution and training provider formed in 2009 from five departments of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, and as such part of the British Armed Forces. ... | Postgraduate education | Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS, London) • Defence College of Management and Technology (DCMT, Shrivenham) |
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    Andrew Figgures

    Lieutenant General Andrew Collingwood Figgures CB CBE (born 1950) is a former Master-General of the Ordnance. ... In 1998 he went to the Royal College of Defence Studies and was then appointed Director of Operational Requirements (Land).
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    Elton Younger

    Major-General Allan Elton Younger DSO OBE, (Tony Younger) (born 4 May 1919) is a British soldier and author, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers from 1974 to 1979. ... He went on to become the Senior Army Member of the Directing Staff at the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1972 to 1975 and Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers between 1974 and 1979.
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    IDC

    IDC is an acronym and initialism that can stand for: ... Imperial Defence College, former name of the British military academy now known as the Royal College of Defence Studies
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    Staff college

    Staff colleges (also command and staff colleges or war colleges) train military officers in the administrative, staff and policy aspects of their profession. ... Royal College of Defence Studies for officers (OF6 to OF7) and civilians (London)
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    Christopher Wallace (British Army officer)

    Lieutenant-General Sir Christopher Brooke Quentin Wallace KBE (born 3 January 1943) is a retired British Army general and current trustee of the Imperial War Museum. ... Wallace was Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from January 2001 until January 2005 and was first appointed to the Board of the Imperial War Museum in July 1999 and has served one term.

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