Chieftain tank
Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1955, he spent two years as an instructor at the staff college in Camberley from 1958 to 1960. He commanded the 7th Armoured Brigade in the British Army of the Rhine from 1961 to 1963. Promoted to the rank of major general, he was Director-General of Fighting Vehicles from 1964 to 1966, at the time when the Chieftain tank was introduced to service. His last Army appointment was as General Officer Commanding the British troops in Malta and Libya.