John Waters (General)

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Sir Charles John Waters , GCB (born September 2, 1935 ) is a former British officer in the British Army , who last served as a general between 1990 and 1993 as Commander-in-Chief of the United Kingdom Land Forces and from 1993 to 1994 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in Europe (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe ) was.

Life

Charles John Waters completed after the visit, which was founded in 1556 Oundle School officer training and joined in February 1956 in the Infantry Regiment Gloucestershire Regiment , where he 1975 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) was the 1st Battalion. In December 1979 he took over as Brigadier General (Brigadier) the post of commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade deployed in Northern Ireland and held this post until the brigade was disbanded in September 1981. He was then during the Falklands War (April 2 to June 20, 1982) Commander of the British Land Forces there. In November 1983, he was appointed Major General (Major-General) Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 4th Armored Division (4th Armored Division) , succeeding Major General Jeremy Reilly . He held this command until December 1985 and was then replaced by Major General Michael Hobbs . He then took over from Major General Patrick Palmer in January 1986 as commandant of Staff College Camberley and remained in this position until April 1988, when Major General John Learmont succeeded him there.

Waters, who is also Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) has been followed in May 1988 as a lieutenant general (Lieutenant General) Commanding General of the Military District Northern Ireland and thus succeeds Lieutenant General Robert Pascoe . He kept this function until his replacement by Lieutenant General John Wilsey in August 1990. He was also beaten on June 11, 1988 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that he has since had the addition of "Sir". In October 1990, General Waters succeeded General Charles Huxtable as Commander-in-Chief of the United Kingdom Land Forces and remained in this position until March 1993, when General John Wilsey succeeded him again. On 31 December 1991 he succeeded by Major General John Acland also Honorary Colonel (Honorary Colonel) of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry and held this honor to 1997. From. Most recently he took over from the German General Dieter Clauss as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in Europe (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe ) . He held the post until his retirement in December 1994, when he was replaced by General Jeremy Mackenzie . With his retirement from active military service, he was on 31 December 1994 and the Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) awarded the Order of the Bath (GCB). In addition, he was temporarily deputy chairman of the National Army Museum in London .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 240
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 200
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 293
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 107
  5. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 67
  7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 52792, HMSO, London, January 13, 1992, p. 492 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 123
  9. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
personal data
SURNAME Waters, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waters, Sir Charles John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1935