General Sir James Rupert Everard, KCB, CBE (born 23 September 1962) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
Sir James Everard | |
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 Official portrait (2016) | |
| Born | 23 September 1962 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1983–2020 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Commander Field Army 3rd Division 20th Armoured Brigade Queen's Royal Lancers |
| Battles / wars | Bosnian War Iraq War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service (2) |
Career
editEducated at Uppingham School,[1] Everard was commissioned into the 17th/21st Lancers in June 1983.[2] In 1995, as Chief of Staff, 4th Armoured Brigade, he was deployed to the United Nations Protection Force HQ, Sector South-West, and subsequently as part of the leading UK element of the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia.[1] Then in 1999 he became Military Assistant to the Commander of the Kosovo Force (KFOR).[1] He became Commanding Officer of the Queen's Royal Lancers in September 2000 and deployed as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.[1]
In December 2005 he became Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade[3] in which capacity he was deployed to Basra in Iraq where he made an attempt to target corruption.[3] The brigade left Basra in November 2006[4] and returned to their home of Paderborn in Germany.[5] He was appointed Director Commitments at Land Command in 2007,[6] General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Division in 2009[7] and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in April 2011.[8] He went on to be Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) in March 2013[9] and became Commander Land Forces in September 2014 (post renamed Commander Field Army in November 2015).[10] In March 2017 he was appointed as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) and was promoted to the rank of general.[11] Everard served as Patron of the Army LGBT Forum from 2010.[12]
Everard retired from the British Army on 23 September 2020.[13]
Personal life
editHe is married to Caroline and has three children.[1]
Honours
editEverard was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in November 1996,[14] appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in April 2000[15] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in June 2005,[16] and awarded a second Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in July 2007 for his work commanding 20th Armoured Brigade during Operation Telic 8 in Iraq.[17] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2016 New Year Honours.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Blue Beret Archived 26 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine December 2000
- ^ "No. 49385". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1983. p. 7891.
- ^ a b Basra Commander targets corruption In the news, 8 May 2006
- ^ Did the Brits Lose Southern Iraq? Time Magazine, 22 February 2006
- ^ "Royal British Legion Paderborn Branch". Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience – Defence Committee House of Commons, 27 January 2009
- ^ Service Appointments[dead link] The Times, 22 May 2009
- ^ Service Appointments The Times, 8 June 2011
- ^ Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Senior Appointments Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New UK Commander, Land Forces announced". Defence Viewpoints. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "General Sir James Everard appointed most senior UK officer in NATO – News stories – GOV.UK". gov.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ Lt Gen J Everard. "Message from the Forum Patron". ArmyLGBT Forum. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "No. 63125". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 September 2020. p. 16374.
- ^ "No. 54574". The London Gazette. 8 November 1996. p. 14851.
- ^ "No. 55819". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 April 2000. p. 4252.
- ^ "No. 57665". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2005. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 58396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 July 2007. p. 10414.
- ^ "No. 61450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. p. N3.