James Everard
Sir James Everard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1983 – present |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | 20th Armoured Brigade 3rd Division Commander Field Army |
| Battles / wars | Bosnian War Iraq War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service (2) |
Lieutenant General Sir James Rupert Everard KCB, CBE (born 1962) is a senior British Army officer and the current Commander Field Army.
Career
Educated at Uppingham School,[1] James Everard was commissioned into the 17th/21st Lancers in June 1983.[2] In 1995, as Chief of Staff, 4th Armoured Brigade, he was deployed to the United Nations Protection Force HQ, Sector South-West, and subsequently as part of the leading UK element of the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia.[1] Then in 1999 he became Military Assistant to the Commander of the Kosovo Force (KFOR).[1] He became Commanding Officer of the Queen's Royal Lancers in September 2000 and deployed as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.[1]
In December 2005 he became Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade[3] in which capacity he was deployed to Basra in Iraq and built himself a reputation targeting corruption.[3] The brigade left Basra in November 2006[4] and relocated to Paderborn in Germany.[5] He was appointed Director Commitments at Land Command in 2007,[6] General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Division in 2009[7] and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in April 2011.[8] He went on to be Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) in March 2013[9] and became Commander Land Forces in September 2014 (post renamed Commander Field Army in November 2015).[10]
A strong advocate of diversity, Everard has served as Patron of the Army LGBT Forum since 2010.[11]
Everard was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in November 1996,[12] appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in April 2000[13] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in June 2005,[14] and awarded a second Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in July 2007 for his work commanding 20th Armoured Brigade during Operation Telic 8 in Iraq.[15] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2016 New Year Honours.[16]
Family
He is married to Caroline and has three children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Blue Beret December 2000
- ^ "No. 49385". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 14 June 1983. - ^ a b Basra Commander targets corruption In the news, 8 May 2006
- ^ Did the Brits Lose Southern Iraq? Time Magazine, 22 February 2006
- ^ Royal British Legion Paderborn Branch
- ^ The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience – Defence Committee House of Commons, 27 January 2009
- ^ Service Appointments The Times, 22 May 2009
- ^ Service Appointments The Times, 8 June 2011
- ^ Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Senior Appointments
- ^ "New UK Commander, Land Forces announced". Defence Viewpoints. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Lt Gen J Everard. "Message from the Forum Patron". ArmyLGBT Forum. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "No. 54574". The London Gazette. 8 November 1996.
- ^ "No. 55819". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 14 April 2000. - ^ "No. 57665". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 11 June 2005. - ^ "No. 58396". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 19 July 2007. - ^ "No. 61450". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 30 December 2015.
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1962 births
- Living people
- British Army generals
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Commendation for Valuable Service
- British Army personnel of the Iraq War
- Military personnel of the Bosnian War
- 17th/21st Lancers officers
- Queen's Royal Lancers officers
- People educated at Uppingham School
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath