Chris Wilson
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1973 - 2010
RankMajor-General
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Other workColonel Commandant, Royal Artillery

Major-General Christopher Colin Wilson CB CBE is a former British Army officer who became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career

Wilson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1973.[1] He was appointed the Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2005.[2] He was deployed as Deputy Commander, Combined Forces Command in Afghanistan in 2006[3] and became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance in 2006[4] before retiring in May 2010.[5]

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery.[6]

References

  1. ^ "No. 45956". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 April 1973. p. 4933.
  2. ^ "No. 57534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 2005. p. 506.
  3. ^ UNAMA/ISAF PRT Conference NATO, 28 April 2006
  4. ^ "No. 58151". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 2006. p. 15663.
  5. ^ "No. 59421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 May 2010. p. 9085.
  6. ^ "No. 57747". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 September 2005. p. 11451.
Military offices Preceded byPeter Gilchrist Deputy Commander, Combined Forces Command (Afghanistan) 2006 Succeeded byPost disbanded Preceded byDick Applegate Master-General of the Ordnance 2006–2010 Succeeded byBill Moore
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