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After the War he joined the Directing Staff at the [[Staff College, Camberley]] before moving to General Headquarters, [[Far East Land Forces]] in 1947.<ref name=lh/> He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General at the [[War Office]] in 1950 and then [[Commanding Officer]] of 1st Bn Rifle Brigade in 1953.<ref name=lh/> He was made [[Commander]] of [[61st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|61st Lorried Infantry Brigade]] in 1955 and Commander of [[11th Security Force Assistance Brigade|11th Infantry Brigade]] in 1956.<ref name=lh/>
 
[[File:Gravestone of Richard Alan and Diana Gwyneth Fyffe, St Mary Magdalene Church, Great Hampden, March 2020.jpg|thumb|left|The gravestone of Richard and Diana Fyffe in the chuchyardchurchyard of St Mary Magdalene, Great Hampden, March 2020.]]
 
He was appointed Deputy Military Secretary at the War Office in 1957 and [[Brigadier]] commanding the [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]] in 1960.<ref name=lh/> He moved on to be Director of Public Relations at the War Office in 1961 and [[General Officer Commanding]] [[54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division|54th (East Anglian) Division/District]] of the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA) in July 1963.<ref name=lh/> He was made Head of the British Army Staff at [[Washington D. C.]] in 1965.<ref name=lh/>