Chris Brown (British Army officer)

Chris Brown (British Army officer)
Lt. Gen. Chris Brown
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Brown in 2009
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Northern Ireland
Battles/wars Bosnian War
Iraq War
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant-General Christopher Charles Brown CBE was the last General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland.

Military career

Educated at Brentwood School and University College, Cardiff, Brown was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1974.[1]

In 1994 he was appointed Commanding Officer of 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.[1] He then went to Sarajevo as Assistant Chief of Staff for Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps during the Bosnian War.[1] In 1999 he was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for 1st Armoured Division and in 2002 he became Director, Royal Artillery.[1] In 2004 he returned to HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps as Chief of Staff.[1] He became the last General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in 2008:[1] the post was downgraded to that of a Brigadier when Brown left in 2009.[2] In 2009 he became Senior British Military Representative in Iraq.[3]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Nick Parker
General Officer Commanding the British Army in Northern Ireland
2008–2009
Succeeded by
Post disbanded

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