Jack Deverell

Jack Deverell
Born (1945-04-27) 27 April 1945
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1965 - 2004
Rank General
Commands held 3rd Bn The Light Infantry
UK Mobile Force
RMA Sandhurst
Allied Forces Northern Europe
Battles/wars Operation Banner
Bosnian War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

General Sir (John Freeguard) Jack Deverell KCB OBE (born 27 April 1945) was Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe.

Military career

Educated at King Edward's School, Bath and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Jack Deverell was commissioned into the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry in 1966.[1] He was selected as Commanding Officer of 3rd Bn The Light Infantry in 1984, serving in the UK and in Northern Ireland, before moving on to be Director of Staff at Royal Military College of Science in 1986.[1] He became Commander of the UK Mobile Force in 1988.[1]

In 1991 he took the post of Director of Army Recruiting, followed, in 1993, by the post of Director-General of Army Manning and Recruiting at the Ministry of Defence.[2] In 1995 he became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[2]

He was made Deputy Commander-in-Chief Land Command and Inspector General of the Territorial Army in 1997 and deployed as Deputy Commander for Operations of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina in November 1998 after which he returned to his role as Deputy Commander-in-Chief in March 1999.[2] His final appointment was as Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe in 2001; he retired in 2004.[2]

In retirement he became Chairman of the National Army Museum.[3]

Family

In 1973 he married Jane Ellen Solomon: they have one son and one daughter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Debrett's People of Today 1994
  2. 1 2 3 4 Whitaker's Almanacks
  3. ↑ National Army Museum Accounts 2007-2008 The Stationery Office, 2009
Military offices
Preceded by
Hew Pike		 Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
1995–1997 		Succeeded by
Alistair Irwin
Preceded by
Sir Hew Pike		 Deputy Commander-in-Chief Land Command
1997–2001 		Succeeded by
Sir Cedric Delves
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