CV/LEBENSLAUF

01 March 1943 Born (as the oldest of 9 children) in Newtown/Y Drenewydd, Powys, Wales, UK

1955-1960 Belmont Abbey School, Hereford, UK

1961-1962 Officer Cadet, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS)

1963-1967 Platoon Commander (2nd Lieutenant/Lieutenant) Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in UK, Cyprus (UNICYP), Berlin

Specialist Platoon Commander Berlin

1967-1968 Instructor (Tactics & WT) Infantry Junior Leaders Battalion, Oswestry, UK

1969-1970 Adjutant (Captain) 1st Battalion Malawi Rifles, Malawi, Central Africa

1971-1972 General Staff Officer (GSO) III (Captain), Military Operations 3, Ministry of Defence, London

1972-1974 Command Company Commander (Captain) Royal Irish Rangers, Deilinghofen (near Iserlohn), Germany

1974-1975 Student British Army Staff College, Camberley, UK

1976-1977 General Staff Officer II (Major), Operations, Staff Duties and Training, HQ 4th Division, Herford, Germany

1978-1979 Company Commander (Major), Mechanised Infantry Company, Royal Irish Rangers in Germany, Canada, UK and Belize, Central America

1980-1982 Genaral Staff Officer II, HQ Berlin (British Sector) Operations and Plans

Nomination for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel
Retired from the Army.

1892 - 1991 Deputy Public Safety Officer British Military Government/British Mission, Berlin. Liaison and protocol duties including Royal visits and environmental matters.

1991-2003 Head of Training Centre (Aus- und Weiterbildung) STADT UND LAND Wohnbauten-Gesellschaft, Berlin

2003- Semi-retired in Berlin and Brná nad Labem, CZ.
Freelance translator German-English. Founder and coordinator of the Proact Campaigns Net. Member of many bird and nature protection organisations.

2007 - 2009 voluntary activist and operations coordinator for CABS on Cyprus and Malta Committee Against Bird Slaughter.

Married with 3 daughters from first marriage (41, 39, 31) and 3 grandchildren (Jake 15,Fay 14 and Amy born 19 April 2009)

01.März 1943: In Newtown/Y Drenewydd Wales/Cymru geboren als älteste von 9 Kinder

1947-1954: kath. Grundschule in Newtown,

1955-1960 kath. Gymnasium (Konf. Internat) in Hereford, England.

1961-1962: Offiziersschule der brit. Armee

1963-1973: Offiziersdienst(Leutnant/Hauptmann) in Zypern (UNICYP). Berlin, West Deutschland, Malawi und UK

1973-1973: Führungsakademie der brit. Armee

1976-1982 Dienst als Kommandeur und Generalstabsoffizier in UK, Deutschland, Kanada und Belize. Nominierung zum Oberstleutnant

1982-1991 Diplomatischer Dienst in Berlin (West), Mauerfall

1991-2003 Leiter Aus- und Weiterbildungszentrum, stadt und land Wohnbauten-Ges. mbH

2003- Frührente. Engagement für Natur-und Umwseltschutz. Eigene Kampagne-Website Proact Campaigns. Übersetzungsarbeit, vorrängig für Naturschutz- und Vogelschutz Organisationen.

Verheiratet mit Jana Grosch-Conlin. Wohnhaft abwechselnd in Berlin und Brná nad Labem, Nord-Böhmen, Tschechische Republik. Drei Kinder, Tara (41 J), Juliet (39 J - 3 Enkelkinder Jake 15 J, Fay 14 J und Amy geb. Apr. 2009) und Sabine 31 J aus erste Ehe. Alle arbeiten und wohnen z. Zt. in Berlin.