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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