David Jenkins (British Army officer)

David Jenkins
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch 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

  1. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43576. p. 1675. 16 February 1965. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  2. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 53828. p. 14913. 24 October 1994. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  3. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54602. p. 1. 10 December 1996. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  4. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55312. p. 12486. 17 November 1998. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  5. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55391. p. 1185. 1 February 1999. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  6. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54937. p. 12372. 3 November 1997. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  7. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55601. p. 9591. 7 September 1999. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  8. ^ Inns-based chambers risk falling foul of disability laws The Lawyer, 11 October 2004
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Hayman-Joyce		 Master-General of the Ordnance
1998–2000		 Succeeded by
Peter Gilchrist