Jack Deverell

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Sir Jack Deverell
General Jack Deverell (John Freeguard Deverell) Commander-In-CHIEF of the Allied Force on 12 August 2003 - DPLA - 7b93e7c056b262bfe4a6567bfddf66cd (cropped).jpeg
General Jack Deverell (John Freeguard Deverell) Commander-In-CHIEF of the Allied Force (NATO) on 12 August 2003
Birth nameJohn Freeguard Deverell
Born (1945-04-27) 27 April 1945 (age 78)
Birmingham, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1965–2004
Rank General
Service number 480284
Unit Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry<nr>The Light Infantry
Commands held3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry
UK Mobile Force
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Allied Forces Northern Europe
Battles/wars Operation Banner
Bosnian War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

General Sir John Freeguard Deverell KCB OBE DL FRSA (born 27 April 1945) is a British Army officer who was Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe from 2001 to 2004. [1]

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Military career

Deverell was born in Birmingham, the son of Harold James Frank Deverell and Joan Beatrice Carter. [2] Educated at King Edward's School, Bath and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Deverell was commissioned into the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry in 1966. [3] He was selected as commanding officer of 3rd Bn The Light Infantry in 1984, serving in the UK including in Northern Ireland, before moving on to be Director of Staff at Royal Military College of Science in 1986. [3] He became Commander of the UK Mobile Force in 1988. [3]

In 1991, he took the post of Director of Army Recruiting, followed, in 1993, by the post of Director-General of Army Manning and Recruiting at the Ministry of Defence. [4] In 1995 he became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. [4]

He was made Deputy Commander-in-Chief Land Command and Inspector General of the Territorial Army in 1997 and deployed as Deputy Commander for Operations of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina in November 1998, after which he returned to his role as Deputy Commander-in-Chief in March 1999. [4] His final appointment was as Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe in 2001; he retired in 2004. [4]

Personal life

In 1973, he married Jane Ellen Solomon: they have one son and one daughter. [3]

In retirement he became Chairman of the National Army Museum. [5] He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2015. [6]

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References

  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1116. ISBN   0-9711966-2-1.
  2. "Deverell, Gen. Sir John Freegard, (Sir Jack)". Who's Who. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U13584. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Debrett's People of Today 1994
  4. 1 2 3 4 Whitaker's Almanacks
  5. National Army Museum Accounts 2007–2008 The Stationery Office, 2009
  6. "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions: Lieutenancy of Wiltshire". 20 February 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
1995–1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Commander-in-Chief Land Command
1997–2001
Succeeded by