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He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards in 2011, in which role he was deployed to Afghanistan. [ 2 ] He went on to be commander of the 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade in June 2016, Head of Strategy for the Army in June 2018, [ 3 ] and General Officer Commanding Force Troops Command in July 2019 ...
The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence. It can trace its lineage back to 1656 when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised in Bruges to protect the exiled Charles II . [ 2 ]
George Darell Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (8 March 1878 – 19 December 1960), was a British Army officer and Conservative Member of Parliament.. Jeffreys attended Eton and Sandhurst before being commissioned into the Grenadier Guards.
Webb-Carter was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1964, [2] and was mentioned in despatches for service in Northern Ireland in 1980. [3] In 1991 he became commander of the 19th Infantry Brigade and in late 1996 he was appointed the commander of the Multi-National Division (South-West) for the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia.
Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Tippinge K.C.H. of the Grenadier Guards (Wilmslow 2 May 1817 – Andover 2 August 1898), [1] [nb 1] rented and lived at Longparish House, Hampshire, [2] [nb 2] and Delmar Villa, Cheltenham, England. He was the fourth son of Thomas Tipping (of Crumsal Hall, Lancashire and Devonport Hall, Cheshire) and Anna Hibbert.
He was given command of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in 1981, during which time he was deployed in a peace-keeping role in Cyprus. [1] He was appointed chief of staff for the 4th Armoured Division in 1983, commander of the 22nd Armoured Brigade in 1985 and chief of staff for the 1st British Corps in 1988. [ 1 ]
Captain Herbert Richard Westmacott MC (11 January 1952 – 2 May 1980) was a British Army officer who became the first person to be awarded a posthumous Military Cross.As an officer of the Grenadier Guards (2nd Battalion) [1] on extra regimental employment to the Special Air Service (SAS), he died in an encounter with the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
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