Christopher Wilson (British Army officer)

Chris Wilson
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1973 - 2010
Rank Major-General
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Other work Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery

Major-General Christopher Colin Wilson CB CBE is a former British Army officer who became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career

Wilson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1973.[1] He was appointed the Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2005.[2] He was deployed as Deputy Commander, Combined Forces Command in Afghanistan in 2006[3] and became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance in 2006[4] before retiring in May 2010.[5]

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery.[6]

References

  1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45956. p. 4933. 17 April 1973. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
  2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57534. p. 506. 18 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
  3. UNAMA/ISAF PRT Conference NATO, 28 April 2006
  4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58151. p. 15663. 14 November 2006. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
  5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59421. p. 9085. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57747. p. 11451. 6 September 2005. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
Military offices
Preceded by
Peter Gilchrist
Deputy Commander, Combined Forces Command (Afghanistan)
2006
Succeeded by
Post disbanded
Preceded by
Dick Applegate
Master-General of the Ordnance
20062010
Succeeded by
Bill Moore
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