Peter Davies (British Army officer)
Major-General Peter Ronald Davies CB (born 10 May 1938) is a retired British Army officer and animal welfare campaigner. He was educated at Llandovery College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and he was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1958.
Military career
- Commanding officer of the 1st Armoured Division's Signals Regiment in 1976
- Commander of the 12th Armoured Brigade in 1982
- Director of Studies at the Staff College, Camberley in 1986
- Commander Communications, British Army of the Rhine in 1988
- General Officer Commanding Wales in 1990, retiring in 1991
- Colonel of The King's Regiment from 1986 to 1994
- Colonel Commandant of the Royal Signals from 1990 to 1996
- Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1992 New Year Honours
Animal welfare career
- Director General of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) from 1991 to 2002
- Director General of The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) from 2002 to 2009
- Chairman of Trustees for The Brooke Hospital for Animals
- President of Eurogroup for Animal Welfare
- Chairman of the Animals in War Memorial Fund
- Chairman of Freedom Food Ltd (now RSPCA Assured)
- President of the Jullundur Brigade Association
In 2016, as president of Eurogroup for Animals, he presented the Campaign4Animals Award to Otwarte Klatki (Open Cages) on 22 June 2016.
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