Lord Richard Dannatt is a distinguished British Army leader. He led the British Army as Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2009.
Sir Richard has spoken of how death is not the end of life and that soldiers need to be better prepared for war and spiritually prepared for death.
He believes faith in God can be a great help to all soldiers. He says, ‘In my business, asking people to risk their lives is part of the job, but doing so without giving them the chance to understand that there is a life after death is something of a betrayal.’
Sir Richard believes God saved his own life on four occasions. Two of these were when he was on active duty in Northern Ireland – where his efforts to save the life of one of his men earned him the Military Cross.
