Andrew Ridgway

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Andrew Ridgway (2010)

Sir Andrew Peter Ridgway , KBE , CB (* 20th March 1950 in Teddington ) is a retired British lieutenant general , among others between 2003 and 2006 Head of the Military Intelligence Service DIS ( Defense Intelligence ) and 2006-2011 Deputy Governor (lieutenant governor) of Jersey was.

Life

Ridgway completed after visiting the Hele's School in Exeter officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) and at St John's College of the University of Cambridge . In 1970 he joined the British Army as an officer and was first transferred to the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in Germany before he was transferred to Northern Ireland . There he was platoon leader this with Chieftain - battle tanks equipped armored regiment. He then completed his training as a helicopter pilot in 1974 and was subsequently commander of the air squadron of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment deployed in Belize and Northern Ireland . After graduating from Staff College Camberley in 1982 , it found various other uses.

Ridgway as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey with the Bailiff of Jersey Philip Bailhache (2008)

1991 Ridgway commander of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment and in 1993 commander of the 7th Armored Brigade (7th Armored Brigade) , the so-called "Desert Rats" before it as brigadier general in 1994 commander of the United Nations Protection Force belonging (UNPROOFOR) peacekeepers of the United Nations in central Bosnia and Herzegovina . For his services he was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1995 . He was then transferred to the Ministry of Defense , where he was initially responsible for the army's budget. He then served in the ministry as the first director for operational readiness and then as the first general director for education and training. He also served as Chief of Joint Forces Operations during the US- led Task Force in Kuwait .

During the Kosovo War , Major General Ridgway took over the post of Chief of Staff of the Rapid Reaction Force of the Allied Command Europe Mobile Forces (AMF) and the troops in Kosovo in 1999 . For his services there, he received a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service (QCVS) in 2000 and was also Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 2001 . Most recently, he was in 2003 as Lieutenant General successor to Air Marshal Joe French as head of the military intelligence service DIS ( Defense Intelligence Staff ) and held this post until 2006, after which he was replaced by Air Marshal Stuart Peach . In this position he was also vice chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and received the 2005 award from the US Defense Intelligence Agency .

On June 14, 2006, Ridgway Air Chief Marshal John Cheshire replaced as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey . He held this post until June 30, 2011, after which General John McColl took over on September 26, 2011. During this time he was knighted in 2010 as Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John and at the end of his term on June 11, 2011 as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) and has since been named "Sir". From February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2017, he was a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission .

His marriage to Valerie Ridgway had four children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 45182, HMSO, London, August 28, 1970, p. 9684 ( PDF , accessed August 7, 2017, English).
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 54028, HMSO, London, May 5, 1995, p. 6611 ( PDF , accessed August 7, 2017, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 55819, HMSO, London, April 14, 2000, p. 4253 ( PDF , accessed August 7, 2017, English).
  4. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 56070, HMSO, London, December 30, 2000, p. 2 ( PDF , accessed August 7, 2017, English).
  5. ↑ June 14, 2006 (rulers.org)
  6. ↑ Jersey: Lieutenant Governors
  7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 59808, HMSO, London, June 11, 2011, p. 25 ( PDF , accessed August 7, 2017, English).
personal data
SURNAME Ridgway, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ridgway, Andrew Peter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Teddington