Deletion of Richard Downie

Comment: as proposed. There is a lot of SYNTH going on to create an appearance of notability, not reflected in the passing mentions in the sources. This is a relatively low level military person (highest rank being colonel), who wrote one fairly thin academic book, of limited impact. Doesn't meet ; doesn't meet 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPROF||WP:MILPEOPLE)