caption serviceyears servicenumber branch commands laterwork allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
major general arthur denaro cbe dl 1968 -- 2003 485713 23px british army queen armoured brigade rma sandhurst 5th division 's royal irish hussars 33rd armoured brigade 20th deputy lieutenant , herefordshire united kingdom united kingdom commander of the order of the british empire gulf war 23 march 1948 major general file : arthur denaro.jpg arthur denaro
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arthur denaro

major general arthur george denaro -lrb- born 23 march 1948 -rrb- is a former british army officer .
he led his regiment , the queen 's royal irish hussars , during the gulf war and later became commandant of sandhurst .
he commanded the 5th infantry division from 2000 to 2003 .
he was the highest-ranking officer of foreign birth in the british army at that time .
