Laurence New

Sir Laurence Anthony Wallis New (born 25 February 1932) is a former British Army officer who served as Assistant Chief of the General Staff and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff in the mid-1980s.

Military career Educated at King William's College located in Castletown on the Isle of Man and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, New was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1952. He was appointed Brigade Major of 20th Armoured Brigade in 1968, Commanding Officer of 4th Royal Tank Regiment in 1971 and Defence and Military attaché in Tel Aviv in 1974. and international president of the Association of Military Christian Fellowships and has written a history of the 4th and 7th Royal Tank Regiments. a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1986 New Year Honours, a knight bachelor in the 1990 New Year Honours, and a Knight of the Order of St John in 1986.