Julian Free

Julian Free
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1987–
Rank Major General
Commands held 26th Regiment Royal Artillery
4th Mechanized Brigade
Joint Services Command and Staff College
Battles/wars Gulf War
Kosovo War
Sierra Leone Civil War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Julian Richard Free CBE is a British Army officer who serves as commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College.

Military career

Free was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 5 September 1986.[1] He became commanding officer of 26th Regiment Royal Artillery in July 2003 and commander of 4th Mechanized Brigade in April 2007, in which role he was deployed with his brigade to Iraq.[2] He went on to be the Chief of the Defence Staff's liaison officer for Afghanistan in November 2009, director of the Campaign & Transition Assessment Group in Afghanistan in January 2011 and chief of staff of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in April 2012.[3] He was appointed commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College in August 2014.[4]

Free was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 Birthday Honours,[5] advanced to Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2006 New Year Honours[6] and advanced again to Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his service in Iraq in the March 2009.[7]

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 50696. p. 13872. 10 June 1948. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Iraq 'ready for UK pull-out soon'". BBC. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "ARRC completes next step in road to 2013 NRF Readiness". NATOaccessdate=16 August 2014. May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Senior Ministry of Defence Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56237. p. 6. 16 June 2001. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57855. p. 5. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58999. p. 4085. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by
James Morse		 Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College
2014– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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