# Arthur Denaro

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{{Short description|British Army general (born 1948)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = [Major General](/source/Major_general_(United_Kingdom))
|name= Arthur Denaro
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|DL}}
|image= Arthur Denaro.jpg
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|alt= 
|caption= Denaro in 2004
|nickname= 
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1948|3|23|df=y}}
|birth_place= Sungei Patani, [Malaya](/source/British_Malaya)
|death_date= 
|death_place= 
|burial_place= 
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [British Army](/source/British_Army)
|service_years= 1968–2003
|rank= [Major General](/source/Major_general_(United_Kingdom))
|service_number= 485713
|unit= 
|commands= [5th Division](/source/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom))<br/>[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst](/source/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst)<br/>[20th Armoured Brigade](/source/20th_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom))<br/>[33rd Armoured Brigade](/source/33rd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom))<br/>[Queen's Royal Irish Hussars](/source/Queen's_Royal_Irish_Hussars)
|battles= [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War)<br/>[United Nations Protection Force](/source/United_Nations_Protection_Force)<br/>[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus](/source/United_Nations_Peacekeeping_Force_in_Cyprus)
|awards= [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)
|relations= 
|other_work= [Deputy Lieutenant](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) of Herefordshire
}}
[Major General](/source/Major_general_(United_Kingdom)) '''Arthur George Denaro''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CBE|DL}} (born 23 March 1948) is a retired [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer. He led his regiment, the [Queen's Royal Irish Hussars](/source/Queen's_Royal_Irish_Hussars), during the [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War) and later became [Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst](/source/List_of_Governors_and_Commandants_of_Sandhurst). He commanded the [5th Infantry Division](/source/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)) from 2000 to 2003. He was the highest-ranking officer of overseas birth in the British Army at that time.

==Early life==
Denaro was born in Sungei Patani, [Malaya](/source/British_Malaya), on 23 March 1948,<ref>{{Cite book |last =Denaro |first =Marie | title =Daughter of an Empire. A Family History |publisher=David Arrigo Publishing |location =St. Julian's, Malta |year = 2003|isbn =99932-656-0-8}}, p.206</ref> and raised in [County Donegal](/source/County_Donegal), Ireland. He is the son of [Brigadier](/source/Brigadier) George Tancred Denaro and of Francesca Violet (Peggy) Denaro (née Garnett). He was educated at [Downside School](/source/Downside_School) in [Stratton-on-the-Fosse](/source/Stratton-on-the-Fosse), Somerset, England.<ref name=city>{{cite web|title=General Arthur Denaro CBE DL|url=http://www.cityspeakersinternational.co.uk/arthur-denaro|publisher=City Speakers International}}</ref>

==Military career==
thumb|left|The Challenger 1 tank "Churchill" preserved at Bovington Tank Museum
Denaro was commissioned into the [Queen's Royal Irish Hussars](/source/Queen's_Royal_Irish_Hussars) as a [cornet](/source/Cornet_(military_rank)) on 2 August 1968.<ref name="LG 18 October 1968">{{London Gazette |issue=44699 |date=18 October 1968 |page=11326 |supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) on 2 February 1970,<ref name="LG 30 January 1970">{{London Gazette |issue=45031 |date=30 January 1970 |page=1355 |supp=y }}</ref> to [captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) on 2 August 1974,<ref name="LG 18 November 1974">{{London Gazette |issue=46403 |date=18 November 1974 |page=11375 |supp=y }}</ref> and to [major](/source/Major_(United_Kingdom)) on 30 September 1980.<ref name="LG 3 November 1980">{{London Gazette |issue=48360 |date=3 November 1980 |page=15271 |supp=y }}</ref> Confirmation of his service with the [Special Air Service](/source/Special_Air_Service) is given by the general himself in a book by Hugh McManners.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gulf War One|last= McManners|first= Hugh|publisher= Ebury Press|year= 2011|isbn=9780091936013| page =86}}</ref>
thumb|right|200px|Major General Arthur Denaro with Prince Philip, 2004

Denaro commanded his regiment during the [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War). Prior to the war the regiment had just arrived in [Fallingbostel](/source/Fallingbostel) as part of the 7th Armoured Brigade (under the command of Brigadier [Patrick Cordingley](/source/Patrick_Cordingley)), part of the [1st (UK) Armoured Division](/source/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division), and were engaged in training at [Soltau](/source/Soltau-L%C3%BCneburg_Training_Area).<ref>{{cite book|last=McManners|first=Hugh|title=Gulf War One: Real Voices From the Front Line|year=2010|publisher=Ebury Publishing|page=35|isbn=978-0091935986}}</ref> Denaro was recovering from a [polo](/source/polo) accident four weeks earlier, when he had broken his skull in four places requiring a metal plate to be inset, but was still taking part in the exercise.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gulf War One: Real Voices From the Front Line|page=36}}</ref> As vanguard of the British attack, and "with breathtaking speed", Denaro's regiment hooked round the Iraqi right flank to cut off their line of retreat. His [Challenger 1](/source/Challenger_1) tank "Churchill" has been preserved at the Tank Museum [Bovington](/source/Bovington) in its desert colours and Irish Hussars livery. Both Denaro and his tank are immortalised in the [Terence Cuneo](/source/Terence_Cuneo) painting "The Basrah Road", the original of which hangs in the regimental museum of the [Queen's Royal Hussars](/source/Queen's_Royal_Hussars) at Athlone Kaserne in [Sennelager](/source/Sennelager).<ref>[http://www.tankmuseum.org/asset_arena/textual/10/the_tank_museum_tank_times_june_2010.pdf The Challenger 1] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405181649/http://www.tankmuseum.org/asset_arena/textual/10/the_tank_museum_tank_times_june_2010.pdf |date=5 April 2012 }} Tank Times, June 2010</ref>

In 1992 Denaro was appointed commander of the [33rd Armoured Brigade](/source/33rd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)) and later that year he became commander of the [20th Armoured Brigade](/source/20th_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)).<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref> From 1994 to 1995 he served at the headquarters of [UNPROFOR](/source/UNPROFOR) in the [former Yugoslavia](/source/former_Yugoslavia), as chief of staff of the [United Nations Protection Force](/source/United_Nations_Protection_Force) in [Bosnia](/source/Bosnia),<ref name=bio>[http://www.gordonpoole.com/Artists/Arthur-Denaro-(Major-General-Arthur-Denaro-CBE)-(4.aspx The Gordon Poole Agency]</ref> before commanding British forces in [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus) from 1995 to 1996.<ref name=commands/> He was Chief of Combat Support for the [Allied Rapid Reaction Corps](/source/Allied_Rapid_Reaction_Corps) in Germany from 1996 to 1997.<ref name=who>'DENARO, Maj.-Gen. Arthur George', in ''[Who's Who 2011](/source/Who's_Who_(UK))'' (A. & C. Black, 2011)</ref> He became Middle East Adviser to the [Secretary of State for Defence](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence) in 1997.<ref name=who/>

In 1998 Denaro was appointed [Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst](/source/List_of_Governors_and_Commandants_of_Sandhurst) and he commanded the [5th Division](/source/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)) from 2000 to 2003, when he retired from the service.<ref name=commands/> Denaro has served as President of the Army Polo Association from 2002 and was Honorary Colonel of the [Royal Gloucestershire Hussars](/source/Royal_Gloucestershire_Hussars) and of the [Royal Wessex Yeomanry](/source/Royal_Wessex_Yeomanry) from 2003 to 2009, as well as Colonel of the [Queen's Royal Hussars](/source/Queen's_Royal_Hussars) (Queen's Own and Royal Irish) from 2004 to 2008 before handing over to Brigadier Andrew Bellamy.<ref name=who/>

==Later life==
After retiring from the British Army, Denaro was adviser to [Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa](/source/Salman_bin_Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa), [crown prince](/source/crown_prince) of [Bahrain](/source/Bahrain), from 2003 to 2007 and he joined Strategic Real Estate Advisors and the Inspirational Development Group in 2007. He was appointed a [Deputy Lieutenant](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) for [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire) in 2008.<ref name=who/> In retirement he also served as a Trustee of [The Prince's Trust](/source/The_Prince's_Trust) and is an extra equerry to the [King Charles III](/source/Charles_III).<ref name=bio/> Denaro is active in the Old Comrades Association of the Queen's Royal Hussars, where he is known to all as "General Arthur". He remains as president of the Combined Irish Regiments Association (since 2003).<ref name=who/>

Since leaving the army, Denaro has made a number of corporate speaking and after dinner appearances, and is represented by a number of companies including "Military Speakers".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.militaryspeakers.co.uk/speakers/major-general-arthur-denaro-cbe-dl.aspx|title=Arthur Denaro|publisher=Military Speakers|access-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304173536/http://militaryspeakers.co.uk/speakers/major-general-arthur-denaro-cbe-dl.aspx|archive-date=4 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1980, Denaro married Margaret Roney Acworth (Maggi), widow of Major [Michael Kealy](/source/Mike_Kealy). Together they have one son (commissioned into the Queen's Royal Hussars in 2008) and one daughter. He also has a step-son and two step-daughters from Maggi's first marriage.<ref name=who/>
<ref>[http://herefordshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/major-general-arthur-denaro-army-troops-war-25904/ Major-General Arthur Denaro] Herefordshire Life, 18 October 2010</ref>

==References==
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