Robert Neish
Robert James Neish AFC CD (born April 22, 1940 in Saint Andrew Parish ) is a retired Jamaican officer.
Life
Robert Neish was born the son of accountant and captain James V. Neish and his wife Marion Aitken-Neish. Neish attended St. Andrew the Preparatory School, then in Saint Elizabeth Parish , the Munro College ( boarding ) and most recently in Kingston , the Jamaica College .
After completing school he joined the British Army's West India Regiment (WIR) in his home country , attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , School of Infantry in Warminster , Wiltshire , and Staff College Camberley . After the establishment of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF), he was a member of the 1st Battalion / Jamaica Regiment (1JR) and in 1958 the Jamaica Defense Force Air Wing zuversetzt he in rank Major from 1965 to 1969 in the position of Commanding Officer in command . On June 24, 1967, he married Janet E. Wells. The marriage resulted in two sons. For an air rescue operation with the 1st Battalion of the British Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment, which was during an exercise on Blue Mountain Peak , he was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1968 .
From 1973 to 1977 he was Lieutenant Colonel Commander of the Support and Services Battalion . The promotion to colonel took place in 1977 in the function of colonel adjutant and quartermaster of the headquarters of the Jamaica Defense Force in the Up Park Camp . In 1979, at the age of 39, he became Chief of Staff of the Jamaican Armed Forces, along with promotion to brigadier . He was thus the youngest Commander-in-Chief to date and, with a length of stay in office of eleven years, the Chief of Staff, who has been in office for the longest time. In 1982 he was appointed Major General . His tenure as commander included the first major tattoo of the Jamaica Defense Force, the first participation of a Jamaican bobsleigh team at the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary in 1988 , the formation of the 2nd Battalion / Jamaica Regiment (2JR) and the deployment in Grenada from 1983 to In 1985 the Jamaican military's largest foreign operation after the US invasion .
Neish has served as Chairman of the Jamaica Legion and the Digicel Foundation, Executive Chairman of the Bustamante Institute of Public and International Affairs , Honorary Vice President of the Jamaica Scout Council, Member of the Central Committee of the Jamaica Red Cross, and, for Jamaica, a member of the St. John Advisory Council.
Awards
- 1968: Air Force Cross (AFC), United Kingdom
- Commander des Order of Distinction (CD)
- Aide de camp (ADC)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Personalities - N names , Discover Jamaica.
- ↑ a b c All Arms . Issue 7/1, March 2008, p. 10.
Chiefs of Staff (1962–2007): Paul Edwin Crook (1962–1965) | David Hartman Smith (1965–1973) | Dunstan Fitzgerald Robinson (1973) | Rudolph Edward George Green (1973–1979) | Robert J. Neish (1979-1990) | Peter L. Brady (1990-1998) | John I. Simmonds (1998-2002) | Hardley M. Lewin (2002-2007)
Chiefs of Defense Staff (since 2007): Stewart Emerson St. Leonard Saunders (2007–2010) | Antony Bertram Anderson (2010–2016) | Rocky Ricardo Meade (since 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neish, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neish, Robert James; Neish, Robert J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Andrew Parish |