Paul Jaques

Paul Jaques
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1983 – present
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held 101st Logistic Brigade
Battles/wars Gulf War
Iraq War
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant General Paul William Jaques CBE is a senior British Army officer, who serves as Chief of Materiél (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career

Jaques was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 6 August 1983.[1] He became commander of 101st Logistic Brigade in December 2005,[2] and saw action in that role in Iraq.[3] He went on to be Head of Capability and Expeditionary Logistics in April 2008,[4] Head of Equipment Planning to the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability) in July 2011,[5] and Director Land Equipment at Defence Equipment and Support in December 2013.[3]

He was promoted to lieutenant general on 8 March 2016,[6] and made Chief of Materiél (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 2016.[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours.[7]

References

  1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49496. p. 12945. 4 October 1983.
  2. "Senior Army appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Our trustees". Team Army. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. "The Management of the Typhoon project". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. "Service Appointments". Defence viewpoints. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61545. p. 7739. 5 April 2016.
  7. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60534. p. 5. 15 June 2013.
Military offices
Preceded by
Christopher Deverell
Quartermaster-General to the Forces
2016 –
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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