Ian Cave

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Sir Ian Cave
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AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1987–present
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held 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.

Military career

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 appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours. [11] In the 2024 King's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB). [12] [13]

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander Home Command
2021–2023
Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Military Representative to NATO
2023–present
Incumbent