Colonel Sir James Dennis Compton Faulkner CBE VRD UD DL (22 October 1926 – 31 December 2016) was a Northern Irish officer, who served in the Royal Navy and British Army.

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 (UDR) where he commanded the Boat Section of the 3rd (Co Down) Battalion.

[1] He ended his military career as Regimental Colonel of the UDR, serving from 1982 to 1992.

[2][3] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1980 and knighted in the 1991 New Year Honours.