Peter Vanneck Military person

Air Commodore Sir Peter Beckford Rutgers Vanneck, GBE, CB, AFC, AE, MA, DL (7 January 1922 – 2 August 1999) was a British Royal Navy officer, fighter pilot, engineer, stockbroker and politician. He made notable contributions to Anglo-French relations as Lord Mayor of London and as a Member of the European Parliament.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 07, 1922
Birth place
London
Date of deathAugust 02, 1999
Place of death
London

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Honorary degree
Legion of Honour
Order of the British Empire
Venerable Order of Saint John
Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Air Efficiency Award
military operations
World War II
German battleship Bismarck
military branch
Royal Navy
Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
service number205378 (RAuxAF)
relation
service start1940
service end1940

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External resources

  1. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=1494