| Richard Felton | |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1985–2019 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Servicenumber: | 522846 |
| Commands: | Defence Safety Authority Joint Helicopter Command Task Force Helmand 4th Mechanized Brigade 9 Regiment Army Air Corps |
| Battles: | The Troubles War in Afghanistan Iraq War |
| Awards: | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |
Lieutenant General Richard Friedrich Patrick Felton, is a former British Army officer who served as Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority from 2017 to 2019.
Felton was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Transport on 6 September 1985. He became Commanding Officer of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in April 2004, Chief of Staff of 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in April 2007 and Commander of 4th Mechanized Brigade in January 2009.[1] It was in this role that he was deployed as Commander of Task Force Helmand in April 2010.[1] He went on to be Chief of Joint Forces Operations at Joint Forces Headquarters in March 2011 and Commander of Joint Helicopter Command in March 2014.[2] He became Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority in April 2017.[3]
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