David Jenkins (British Army officer)
David Jenkins | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1965 — 2000 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Major-General David John Malcolm Jenkins CB CBE is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career
Jenkins was commissioned into the Queen's Own Hussars in 1965.[1]
In 1994 he became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.[2] Then in 1996 he was appointed Director-General for Land Systems[3] and in 1998 he became an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance.[4] He retired in 2000.
He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps[5] and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[6] and Colonel of the Queen's Royal Hussars.[7]
In retirement he became Under-Treasurer at Gray's Inn.[8]
References
- ^ "No. 43576". The London Gazette (invalid
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|supp=(help)). 24 October 1994. - ^ "No. 54602". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 10 December 1996. - ^ "No. 55312". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 17 November 1998. - ^ "No. 55391". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 1 February 1999. - ^ "No. 54937". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 3 November 1997. - ^ "No. 55601". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 7 September 1999. - ^ Inns-based chambers risk falling foul of disability laws The Lawyer, 11 October 2004