William Richard Mundell

Brigadier William Richard Mundell was a British Army officer and the penultimate colonel of the regiment of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), before their amalgamation into the Yorkshire Regiment, 3rd Battalion.

Military career

Mundell was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) on 19 December 1958. He commanded his Regiment on deployment in Northern Ireland in spring 1982 for which he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
He became commander of 6th Armoured Brigade in Soest, Germany, which he later transitioned into the UKs first Airmobile Brigade in January 1983, Deputy Commander, North East District in July 1986 and Brigadier, Infantry for British Army of the Rhine in April 1988. He became colonel of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) in 1990.