From The Daily Telegraph 21 December. General Sir
Patrick Howard-Dobson, who has died aged 88, became Vice-Chief of Defence Staff in 1979; an able commander and an outstanding staff officer, he was also a talented all-round sportsman. Howard-Dobson was commissioned into the Yorkshire Hussars in 1941. On his arrival in Egypt, he transferred to the 7th Queen's Own Hussars (7 QOH) and, ...