Jeremy Mackenzie

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Sir Jeremy John George Mackenzie , GCB , OBE , DL (born February 11, 1941 in Nairobi , Crown Colony of Kenya , today: Kenya ) is a former British officer in the British Army , who last served as a general between 1994 and 1998 as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in Europe (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe ) .

Life

Officer training and military uses

Jeremy John George Mackenzie, whose father John WE Mackenzie served as a lieutenant colonel in the Seaforth Highlanders Line Infantry Regiment (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) in the Crown Colony of Kenya , began officer training at the Royal Military Academy after attending Duke of York's School in Nairobi Sandhurst (RMAS). Once finished, he was on 29 July 1961 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Mechanized Infantry Regiment Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) adopted and provided first service in its in Singapore stationed 1st Battalion, where he in 1962 at the Suppression of a revolt in the Protectorate of Brunei participated. In the following years he found numerous uses as an officer and after visiting Staff College Camberley was temporarily company commander in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) line infantry regiment . He was mentioned in the war report for his work during the Northern Ireland conflict between August 1 and October 31, 1979, and especially after the Warrenpoint attack on August 27, 1979 ( Mentioned in dispatches ) . In the attack, the commander of the units of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) Lt. Col. David Blair was killed, whereupon he took over command.

Thereafter, Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant Colonel) Mackenzie was from 1980 to 1981 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the Hong Kong 1st Battalion of his regiment. On December 31, 1981, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). After subsequent uses as an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley and as Colonel (Colonel) in the bar service in the Ministry of Defense , he was in November 1984 as Brigadier (Brigadier) commander of the 12th Armored Brigade (12th Armored Brigade) and remained in that post until December 1986. After Between September 1987 and March 1989 he was first deputy commandant of Staff College Camberley , he succeeded as major general (Major-General) in March 1989 from Major General John Learmont as commandant of Staff College Camberley . He held this position for almost nine months until December 1989, after which he was succeeded by Major General William Rous . He was then in December 1989, succeeding Major General William Rous as Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the Hammersmith Barracks in Herford stationed and the British Army of the Rhine BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) belonging to the 4th Armored Division ( 4th Armored Division ) . He held this office until November 1991 and was then replaced by Major General Anthony Denison-Smith . On December 19, 1990, he also took over the newly created honorary post as Colonel Commandant of the Women's Royal Army Corps .

Promotion to general

Following Jeremy Mackenzie took over as lieutenant general (Lieutenant-General) in December 1991, the post of commander in chief (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief) of the Ripon Barack in Bielefeld stationed I. Corps ( I Corps ) , where he succeeds Lieutenant General Charles Guthrie . He remained in this use until the dissolution of the I. Corps in August 1992. He was also beaten on December 31, 1991 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that he has since had the suffix "Sir". Subsequently, he was again in October 1992, the first commander of the formed parts of the former First Corps fast intervention corps of the Allied Command Europe ARRC ( Allied Rapid Reaction Corps ) and retained this position until December 1994 after which Lieutenant General Michael Walker became his dortiger successor .

Most recently, General Mackenzie in December 1994, succeeding General John Waters as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in Europe (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe ) . He served until his retirement in November 1998, when he was replaced by General Rupert Smith . In this role he was responsible for coordinating the deployment of 52,000 soldiers from 34 nations during the Bosnian War (April 1992 to December 14, 1995). On June 13, 1998, he was the Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) awarded the Order of the Bath (GCB).

After retiring from active military service, he was involved as the successor of Brian Kenny from August 1999 until his replacement by Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham in September 2006 as governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea . On May 31, 2006, he also became Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London . His marriage to Elizabeth Lyonwertebaker produced a son and a daughter.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 42480, HMSO, London, October 3, 1961, p. 7196 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 48156, HMSO, London, April 14, 1980, p. 5622 ( PDF , accessed January 14, 2019, English).
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 48837, HMSO, London, December 30, 1981, p. 6 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 262
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 310
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 309
  7. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 206
  8. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 52458, HMSO, London, February 26, 1991, p. 3061 ( PDF , accessed January 14, 2019, English).
  9. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 190
  10. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  11. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 137
  12. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 123
  13. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  14. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 55155, HMSO, London, June 15, 1998, p. 2 ( PDF , accessed January 14, 2019, English).
  15. ↑ London Gazette . No. 55590, HMSO, London, August 24, 1999, p. 9174 ( PDF , accessed January 14, 2019, English).
  16. ↑ London Gazette . No. 58021, HMSO, London, June 19, 2006, p. 8345 ( PDF , accessed January 14, 2019, English).
predecessor Office successor
John Waters Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
1994–1998 		Rupert Smith
Brian Kenny Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
1999–2006 		Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham
personal data
SURNAME Mackenzie, Jeremy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meckenzie, Sir Jeremy John George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Nairobi , Crown Colony of Kenya , today: Kenya