{{Short description|Royal Marines Major General (born 1949)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Major General | name = Tony Milton | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|OBE}} | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|08|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | birth_name = Anthony Arthur Milton | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = Royal Marines | service_years = 1967–2004 | rank = Major General | service_number = | unit = | commands = Commandant General Royal Marines<br/>3 Commando Brigade<br/>40 Commando | battles = Operation Banner<br/>Iraq War | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath<br/>Officer of the Order of the British Empire | relations = | other_work = }} Major General '''Anthony Arthur Milton''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|OBE}} (born 19 August 1949) is a retired Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines and Commander United Kingdom Amphibious Forces from 2002 to 2004.
==Military career== Milton joined the Royal Marines in 1967 and subsequently became an equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh, then Captain General Royal Marines.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44425|supp=y|page=10898|date=6 October 1967}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50018|page=1089|date=25 January 1985}}</ref> He became Commanding Officer of 40 Commando in 1992, in which role he was deployed to Northern Ireland. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Northern Ireland during the period 1st April to 30th September 1994".<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=54028|page=6609|date=5 May 1995}}</ref>
Following promotion to brigadier in 1996, Milton was appointed commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1995 and, in 1999, Director General for Joint Doctrine and Concepts, a post established following the Strategic Defence Review.<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmdfence/348/1110703.htm Select Committee on Defence] Hansard, 7 November 2001</ref> He went on to be Commandant-General Royal Marines in May 2002 and took over as British Maritime Commander for Operation Telic – the invasion of Iraq – in April 2003,<ref>[http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/54e6de9e0c383719802572b9005141ed/7171f18d5d972ad5802572ab004b7912?OpenDocument Command Changes in Gulf Region] Wired Government, 15 April 2003</ref> before retiring in February 2004.<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Royal Navy Senior Appointments] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=2012-03-15 }}</ref>
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2002 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56595|page=2|date=5 May 1995|supp=y}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Robert Fry}} {{s-ttl|title=Commandant General Royal Marines|years=2002–2004}} {{s-aft|after=David Wilson}} {{s-end}} {{RM Commandant General}}
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