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Roddy Cordy-Simpson
Born29 February 1944 (age 71)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1966 – present
RankLieutenant General
Commands1st (UK) Armoured Division
Battles / warsBosnian War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant General Sir Roderick Alexander 'Roddy' Cordy-Simpson KBE CB DL (born 29 February 1944) is a retired British Army general.

Career

Educated at Radley College,[1] Roddy Cordy-Simpson was commissioned into the 13th/18th Hussars in February 1966.[2] He was deployed to Bosnia as Chief of Staff[3] of the United Nations Protection Force in 1992[4] and was appointed General Officer Commanding 1st (UK) Armoured Division in 1994.[5] He was deployed to Bosnia again in December 1996[6] as Deputy Force Commander Operations for the Stabilisation Force (SFOR).[7]

In March 2001 he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London,[8] leaving that role in March 2004.[9] Having settled at Bishopstrow in Wiltshire, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2004.[10] He was awarded the CB in June 1993[11] and the KBE in the New Year Honours List 1998.[12]

Family

He is married to Virginia and has two children, Zoe and Angus.

References

  1. ^ Radley College Foundation Report 2004
  2. ^ "No. 43898". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 15 February 1966.
  3. ^ Srebrenica air evacuation halted by Serb shelling Prescott Courier, 25 March 1993
  4. ^ Select Committee on Committee House of Commons, 3 February 1999
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1994
  6. ^ Media attacked over Kosovo campaign BBC News, 9 July 1999
  7. ^ NATO in Bosnia
  8. ^ "No. 56136". The London Gazette. 2 March 2001.
  9. ^ "No. 57221". The London Gazette. 2 March 2004.
  10. ^ "No. 57445". The London Gazette. 22 October 2004.
  11. ^ "No. 53333". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 12 June 1993.
  12. ^ "No. 54993". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 31 December 1997.
Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding the 1st (UK) Armoured Division
1994–1996 		Succeeded by


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