David Jenkins (British Army officer)

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David Jenkins
Birth nameDavid John Malcolm Jenkins
Born (1945-01-02) 2 January 1945 (age 78) [1]
Burton, Staffordshire, England
AllegianceFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
Years of service1965—2000
Rank Major-General
Service number 477782
Unit Queen's Own Hussars
Commands held Royal Military College of Science
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General David John Malcolm Jenkins CB CBE (born 2 January 1945) is a retired British Army officer and a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career

Jenkins was commissioned into the Queen's Own Hussars in 1965. [2]

In 1994, he became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science. [3] Then in 1996 he was appointed Director-General for Land Systems [4] and in 1998 he became an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance. [5] He retired in 2000. [6]

He was appointed colonel of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1997 [7] He was then briefly Colonel Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps [8] in 1999, before becoming Colonel of the Queen's Royal Hussars later in the year. [9]

In retirement, he became Under-Treasurer at Gray's Inn. [10]

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References

  1. "Jenkins, Maj.-Gen. David John Malcolm". Who's Who .
  2. "No. 43576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1965. p. 1675.
  3. "No. 53828". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1994. p. 14913.
  4. "No. 54602". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 1996. p. 1.
  5. "No. 55312". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1998. p. 12486.
  6. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. "No. 54937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 November 1997. p. 12372.
  8. "No. 55391". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1999. p. 1185.
  9. "No. 55601". The London Gazette . 7 September 1999. p. 9591.
  10. Inns-based chambers risk falling foul of disability laws The Lawyer, 11 October 2004
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science
1994–1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by Master-General of the Ordnance
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