Anthony Raper | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1970–2006 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Battles/wars | Bosnian War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Major-General Anthony John Raper CB CBE is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Educated at Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College, [1] and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, [2] Raper was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1970. [3] He subsequently undertook an army-funded in-service degree at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1974. [2] He was deployed to Bosnia, where he provided communications support for the Implementation Force (IFOR) in 1995. [2]
In 1998 he was appointed chief executive of the Defence Communications Services Agency. [4]
In 2001 he moved to the Defence Logistics Organisation, where he became director-general for strategy & logistic development: then in 2002 he was promoted to Defence Logistics Transformation Team leader as well as Quartermaster-General to the Forces. [5] He retired in 2006. [6]
He was also colonel commandant of the Royal Corps of Signals. [7]
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