Jonathan Shaw (British Army officer)

Jonathan Shaw
Born	1957 Leeds, West Yorkshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1981-2012
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	2 Bn Parachute Regiment 12th (Mechanized) Brigade
Battles/wars	Falklands War Kosovo War Iraq War Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Jonathan David Shaw CB CBE (born 1957) is a former British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Oxford, Shaw was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1981.^[1] He was a platoon commander with 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War.^[1] Having attended Staff College, Camberley between 1989 and 1990, he was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment in 1997.^[1]

After attending the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2000, he was made Commander of 12th (Mechanized) Brigade in 2002^[2] and subsequently commanded the Multi-National Brigade (Centre) in Kosovo.^[1] He was appointed Director Special Forces in 2003, and having attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2006, he became General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division (South East), Iraq in January 2007 and went on to be Chief of Staff at HQ Land Forces in September 2007.^[2] He became Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (International Security Policy) in March 2009 and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Global Issues) in January 2011.^[1] His responsibilities include Chemical Biological Radiological & Nuclear Policy, Arms Control and Counter Proliferation and Cyber.^[1]

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.^[3] He retired from the Army in 2012.^[4]

Family

He is married to Gillie, a partner in a firm of lawyers; they have two children.^[1]

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