COMMANDER // b. 1954
Jim Dutton
Lifespan
1954 – c. 2009
Active service 2004 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 50.
Profile
Lieutenant General Sir James Benjamin "Jim" Dutton, is a retired Royal Marines officer and former Governor of Gibraltar. He held various staff positions in his early career, before commanding 40 Commando. As a brigadier, he held two high-level staff posts—the first at the Ministry of Defence in London, as Director of NATO policy, and the second as a British liaison to The Pentagon shortly after the September 11 attacks, where he was involved in the planning for the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan.
Battles (1)
2004