Field Marshal David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, is a retired senior British Army officer and Peer who was formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the Bri
Richards in 2022
General Sir David Richards (right) during his tenure as ISAF commander, with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in 2007
General Sir David Richards and Tom Tugendhat with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in 2013
Sierra Leone Civil War
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The Sierra Leonean Civil War was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor,
David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux
…forces in East Timor and most notably Sierra Leone, where his action without official sanctioning protected Freetown from rebel attacks during the Sierra Leone Civil War. Richards has also served with NATO as a major general, and as a lieutenant general he commanded the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan…
SLA soldiers and mercenaries
Alluvial diamond miner
A British Sea Harrier jet, such as those used to support government forces
A school destroyed during the civil war, in Kono, eastern Sierra Leone.