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A fact from Nick Parker appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 July 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Lieutenant-General Sir Nick Parker is currently in command of 140,000 troops as acting commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/July.

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Honorary positions[edit]

I've compiled a load of honorary this that and the other titles he's held, but I'm not sure what to do with them or where to put them in the article:

Governor of Edinburgh Castle (18 November 2002).^[1]

Commandant The Joint Services Command and Staff College 3 March 2004, MajGen.^[2]
Honorary Colonel Manchester and Salford Universities Training Corps, 1 August 2006.^[3]
Colonel Commandant 1st Battalion The Royal Green Jackets, 1 October 2005.^[4]
Commander Regional Forces Land Command, 1 August 2007.^[5]

^ "No. 56828". The London Gazette. 24 January 2003.
^ "No. 57246". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 29 March 2004.
^ "No. 58081". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 29 August 2006.
^ "No. 57775". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 4 October 2005.
^ "No. 58444". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 11 September 2007.

Thoughts? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:55, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have now added all these to the article Dormskirk (talk) 23:21, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

H&A section[edit]

All awards can be seen in the pictures below.

Unfortunality most (mostly all) countries dont provide a list of a (very) senior officers medals on a biography, wikipedia is a good median for it as it is collated factual information gathered by contributers gatehred over many years. This type of information is necessary as when you look at an officer of any nation in dress uniform in front of you, you can clearly see on his uniform his 'fruit salad', including the images helps a good portion of viewers to a page understand the difference visually (as not everyone is a wize like me in international H&A identification). e.g.

What he wears on his left breast is at the end of the day all he has to show for his service, and thats fact!

Also, please use edit comments for actually commenting on the actual edits.

	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)	2009^[1]
	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)	2001^[2]
	General Service Medal	With one clasp
	United Nations Medal with UNFICYP ribbon	For United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
	NATO Medal with ISAF ribbon	1 October 2010
	Operational Service Medal for Sierra Leone
	Iraq Medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal	2002
	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal	2012
	Accumulated Campaign Service Medal
	Officer of the Legion of Merit	(United States)
	Meritorious Service Medal	(United States) 1 October 2010
	President's Award	(Afghanistan) 1 October 2010

Nford24 (Want to have a chat?) 15:13, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 13 June 2009.
^ "No. 56541". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 19 April 2002.

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[1] "No. 56828". The London Gazette. 24 January 2003.

[2] "No. 57246". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 29 March 2004.

[3] "No. 58081". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 29 August 2006.

[4] "No. 57775". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 4 October 2005.

[5] "No. 58444". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 11 September 2007.

[6] "No. 59090". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 13 June 2009.

[7] "No. 56541". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 19 April 2002.

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