Brian Pennicott

Major-General Brian Thomas Pennicott, CVO (15 February 1938 – 18 June 2025) was a British Army officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 1991 to 1994.

Military career Pennicott was born in Portsmouth, England on 15 February 1938. Educated at Portsmouth Northern Grammar School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Pennicott was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1957. He became Commanding Officer of 29 Commando Regiment RA in 1977 and then joined the staff of the military secretary at the Ministry of Defence in 1980. and, as a witness, signed the Argentine surrender document. He went on to be Assistant Military Attaché in Washington D. C. in 1982, Commander, Royal Artillery for 1st Armoured Division in 1983 and deputy military secretary in 1987 before being appointed director, Royal Artillery in 1989. as well as Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) from 1992 to 1994.

Personal life and death In 1962, he married Patricia Anne Chilcott; they had two sons and three daughters.