Duncan Forer

Captain Duncan Forer joined the Royal Navy in 1988 having completed his degree in Maths and Anthropology at Durham University and a PGCE at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. After Dartmouth he had a range of instructional and sea going appointments, during which time he became Portsmouth Command Light Heavy Weight Champion. His last job as a Lieutenant was taking young officers to sea in HMS BRAVE, visiting South America, the Falklands and South Georgia. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in...See more

Captain Duncan Forer joined the Royal Navy in 1988 having completed his degree in Maths and Anthropology at Durham University and a PGCE at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. After Dartmouth he had a range of instructional and sea going appointments, during which time he became Portsmouth Command Light Heavy Weight Champion. His last job as a Lieutenant was taking young officers to sea in HMS BRAVE, visiting South America, the Falklands and South Georgia. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 1997, he took charge of the Training Support department at HMS SULTAN, after which he studied for a Masters in Education at Brunel University. Following a period in the MOD in London, during which time he organised a mountaineering expedition to Iceland, he was promoted to Commander and undertook various staff and training appointments which culminated in being the Commander in charge of Recruit Training at HMS RALEIGH. On promotion to Captain he again worked in the MoD before joining the Defence Academy's Technology School as the Assistant Head in February 2017. Duncan is married to Fleur and they live with their son Alfred, in Devon. Marriage came with horses as part of the package, requiring Cricket, Rugby, Running, Mountaineering and Boxing to take a back seat to grooming and mucking out duties. This has the benefit that he is allowed to ride his Appaloosa, Sylvaner, across Dartmoor in the company of Alfred on his pony Patchy. See less