Nick Cowley

Nick Cowley
Brigadier Cowley in 2021
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Years of service	2000 – present
Rank	Major-General
Commands	Queen's Royal Hussars 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Battles / wars	Kosovo War Iraq War War in Afghanistan
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Nicholas David Guise Cowley, OBE is a senior British Army officer who has been serving as the Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst since October 2024.

Early life

Cowley was educated at Ludgrove School. ^[1]

Military career

Cowley briefing soldiers during a multinational exercise, 2017

Cowley was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Hussars on 22 September 1997 ^[2] and was deployed during the Kosovo War and the Iraq War. He was wounded during a tour in Afghanistan in 2013 and was deployed to Iraq again in 2016. He became commanding officer of the Queen's Royal Hussars in Germany in 2017, military assistant to the Chief of the General Staff in 2019, and commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team in 2021. ^[3] He was promoted major general on 18 October 2024, ^[4] as he was appointed Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. ^[5]

He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours ^[6] and advanced to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours. ^[7]

References

1. "Look who's talking – the boys meet the experts". The Ludgrovian (18): 8. Spring 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
2. "No. 54943". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 November 1997. p. 12648.
3. "Brigadier Nick Cowley OBE". Defence IQ. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
4. "No. 64584". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 December 2024. p. 24502.
5. "Leadership and Mission Command; Centre for Army Leadership Annual Conference 2024" (PDF). British Army. p. 4. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
6. "No. 61256". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2015. p. B7.
7. "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N6.

Military offices
Preceded by Zachary Stenning	Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 2024–present	Incumbent