About Thomas Boyd-Carpenter
Born 1938. Thomas Boyd-Carpenter is a British military leader.
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Patrick John Boyd-Carpenter, (born 16 June 1938) is a former British Army officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes and Personnel).
Early life Boyd-Carpenter is the son of John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter and Margaret Mary, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel George Leslie Hall, of the Royal Engineers.
Military career In 1957, Boyd-Carpenter was commissioned into the Scots Guards.
Coat of arms Boyd-Carpenter's inherited Arms are blazoned "Paly of six, argent and gules, on a chevron azure, 3 cross crosslets or." Crest, on a wreath a globe in a frame all or. Supporters, two horses, party-perfess, embattled argent and gules. Motto: "Per Acuta Belli" (Through the Asperities of War).
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Thomas Boyd-Carpenter was born on 16 June 1938.
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