Dennis Faulkner
Sir James Dennis Compton Faulkner was a Northern Irish officer, who served in the Royal Navy and British Army. He was the Regimental Colonel of the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1982 to 1992.Life
Born on 22 October 1926, Faulkner was the brother of the former Northern Ireland Prime Minister Brian Faulkner. He served from 1946 to 1971 in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and reached the rank of lieutenant commander. He was then commissioned into the Ulster Defence Regiment where he commanded the Boat Section of the 3rd Battalion. He ended his military career as Regimental Colonel of the UDR, serving from 1982 to 1992.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1980 and knighted in the 1991 New Year Honours. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant to the Lord Lieutenant of County Down from 1988.
He died on 31 December 2016 at the age of 90.
