Peter Gilchrist

Peter Gilchrist
Gilchrist in 2008
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1973-2009
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Afghanistan War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Peter Gilchrist CB is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career

Gilchrist was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1973.^[1]

He was appointed an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance in 2000.^[2]

In 2004 he was deployed Afghanistan as Deputy Commander at Combined Forces Command^[3] and then became Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington^[4] and the British member of the United Nations' Military Staff Committee. He retired in 2009.^[5]

References

^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45892. p. 1351. 30 January 1973. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55763. p. 1655. 15 February 2000. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
^ Wilton Park
^ Whitaker's Almanack 2006
^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59058. p. 8059. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-06.

Military offices
Preceded by David Jenkins	Master-General of the Ordnance 2000–2004	Succeeded by Andrew Figgures

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