ENG: Lieutenant General Sir Robert Henry Gervase Fulton KBE, RM (born 21 December 1948) is a British Royal Marines career military officer.
Career
Fulton was educated at Eton College and at the University of East Anglia where he graduated with a BA. Fulton joined the Royal Marines in 1972. After serving as a junior officer for a number of years he was appointed to the Staff College at Warminster. From 1983-1985 he was a Company Commander in 42 Commando followed by appointments on the staffs of HQ Training, Reserve and Special Forces Royal Marines and the Commandant General Royal Marines in the Ministry of Defence.
In 1990 he joined the Directing Staff of the Army Staff College, Camberley.
From 1992 to 1994 he commanded 42 Commando RM. On relinquishing command, he became an Assistant ...
UK overseas territory of Gibraltar will get a new Governor next week, current Governor, Sir Robert Fulton will be leaving his post tomorrow.
According to the Gibraltar Chronicle, Sir Robert will depart Gibraltar on board HMS Sutherland at 10:00am on tomorrow. A departure ceremony will be held at The Tower immediately beforehand, during which Sir Robert will bid farewell to the Chief Minister Peter Caruana, the Commander British Forces Adrian Bell and a small number of other VIP invitees. The Royal Gibraltar Regiment will provide a Guard of Honour.Following the departure, HMS Sutherland and ...
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The Fulton City Council has given its blessing to a community group seeking to turn the old Fulton Fire Station into the Robert Fulton Commons. The plan is to take the downtown structure, which was left empty after the fire department moved into its new home on the east edge of the city, and use it for community events. Currently the former fire station is used for blood drives, but there has been no interest from anyone wishing purchase the facility, City Administrator Randy Balk told the council. That led the community organization known as the Riverfront Corridor Action Group to pursue ...
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Will Angela Merkel have to choose between Germany and Europe?
As Angela Merkel faces elections, voices from both Left and Right are calling for an end to the euro. Jeevan Vasagar reports from Berlin. |
Nick Clegg dismisses Nigel Lawson's call for EU exit
Deputy PM rejects ex-chancellor's claim that UK would be better off outside EU and says coalition should focus on economyNick Clegg has dismissed former chancellor Lord Lawson's claim that the British economy would be better off outside the EU.The deputy prime minister said Lawson's comments were part of the ever-present "anguished debate" about Europe within the Conservative party and said it should focus on more important issues.Lawson, who was chancellor from 1983 to 1989 under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, said the EU had become "a bureaucratic monstrosity" and "the case for exit is clear".But Clegg said continued EU membership was necessary, for security, to protect jobs and to ensure Britain's continued influence on the international stage."I think leaving it now would make us less safe," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "It makes us less prosperous, it jeopardises, potentially, up to 3 million jobs … it also means we'll be taken less seriously in Washington, |
55,000 free nursery places needed
Shortages and delays could hit a flagship government scheme to offer free nursery places to disadvantaged two-year-olds, it is feared. |
Pressure mounts on David Cameron as Michael Portillo joins calls to quit EU
David Cameron was under fresh pressure on Europe today after another Tory heavyweight insisted Britain should leave the EU. |
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