Sir Ian Cave | |
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Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1987–present |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands | UK Military Representative to NATO Home Command Initial Training Group 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment |
Battles / wars | Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |
Lieutenant General Sir Ian John Cave, KCB , is a British Army officer who was Commander Home Command from June 2021 to September 2023. He now serves as the UK Military Representative to NATO and to the European Union.
Cave was commissioned into the Queen's Lancashire Regiment on 4 September 1987. [1] He was subsequently transferred to the Royal Welch Fusiliers on 9 February 1988. [2]
Cave served as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the Mercian Regiment and in that capacity saw action in the Iraq War in 2008, [3] for which he was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service. [4] He went on to be Commander, Initial Training Group in February 2011, Director of Training, Field Army in February 2014 and Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Joint Force Command Naples in July 2015. [5] After that he became Chief of Staff, Field Army in April 2018, and Commander Home Command from June 2021 to September 2023. [6] He became UK Military Representative to NATO and to the European Union in November 2023. [7]
Cave has also been Colonel of the Mercian Regiment since 2018, [8] and was Colonel Commandant of the King's Division, Infantry from December 2021 until December 2022. [9] [10] He was Deputy Colonel Commandant of the Adjutant General's Corps until October 2024. [11]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours. [12] In the 2024 King's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB). [13] [14]
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