Gary Coward
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Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward
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| Born | 26 August 1955 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1974– |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | Bosnian War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General Sir Gary Robert Coward KBE CB (born 26 August 1955) is a senior British Army officer, who previously served as Chief of Materiél (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces until May 2012.
Military career
Coward was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1974[1] but transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1983.[2] In 1995 he was deployed to the Bosnia and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service there.[3] He provided daily briefings on television from Sarajevo during the conflict.[4]
He was appointed Director of Equipment Capability at the Ministry of Defence in 2003[5] and then moved on to be General Officer Commanding Joint Helicopter Command in 2005.[6] In 2007 he moved on again to be Chief of Staff at Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood.[7] He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours.[8]
In September 2009 he was made Director of Materiel (Land)[9] and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.[10]
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.[11] He is also a patron of the armed forces career management charity, Soldier On![12]
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46270. p. 5057. 23 April 1974. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49237. p. 752. 17 January 1983. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54393. p. 6547. 9 May 1996. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ↑ 656 Squadron
- ↑ RUSI
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57712. p. 9645. 26 July 2005. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ↑ Construction work is completed at Northwood Headquarters Uxbridge Gazette, 4 February 2009
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58729. p. 2. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59177. p. 15384. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59191. p. 16222. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60173. p. 5. 16 June 2012.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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| Preceded by | Commander, Joint Helicopter Command 2005–2008 |
Succeeded by Anthony Johnstone-Burt |
| Preceded by | Quartermaster-General to the Forces 2009–2012 |
Succeeded by Christopher Deverell |
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1955 births
- Living people
- British Army generals
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army Air Corps officers
- People of the Bosnian War
- People educated at the Duke of York's Royal Military School
