Richard Applegate | |
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Nickname(s) | Dick |
Born | 10 March 1955 |
Allegiance |
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Service/ |
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Years of service | 1973 - 2010 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held |
19th Regiment Royal Artillery Commander Royal Artillery for 3rd Division |
Battles/wars |
Bosnian War Kosovo War Northern Ireland |
Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Legion of Merit (Officer Degree) Legionnaire de 1ère classe |
Lieutenant General Richard Arthur David Applegate CB OBE (born 20 March 1955) is a former Quartermaster-General and Master-General of the Ordnance to the Army. He left the British Army in October 2010.
Applegate was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1974. [1]
Between 1992 and 1994 he was Military Assistant and Speechwriter to three different Supreme Allied Commanders Europe [2] and then became Commanding Officer 19th Regiment Royal Artillery - The Highland Gunners. [2] After a staff appointment where he was responsible for conceptual development of the British Army, [2] he moved on to be Commander Royal Artillery for 3rd Division [2] followed by an appointment as Director of Equipment Capability. [2]
In 1995 he was deployed at short notice with his artillery regiment to Bosnia, initially under command UNPROFOR, [3] then as commander of the UK/FR/NL artillery group within the ad hoc UNPROFOR Rapid Reaction Force [3] and finally, after the Dayton Agreement, he was assigned to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. [2] His artillery group based in Sarajevo and on Mount Igman provided surveillance, targeting and indirect fire in support of UNPROFOR and NATO's Operation Deliberate Force. [3] In 1999 he was Deputy Commander of the British Forces entering Kosovo. [2] In 2004 he was appointed Capability Manager for Battlefield Manoeuvre and in June 2006 he became Master-General of the Ordnance. [4]
In February 2007 he became Chief of Materiel (Land) and a Main Board member of the new Defence Equipment and Support organisation, with specific responsibility for Defence's supply chain and support to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. [5] He also became Quartermaster-General. [6] He moved on from this post in September 2009 to become a Defence Career Partner on attachment to a number of international companies in preparation to compete for the post of Chief of Defence Materiel for the UK MoD. [7]
He is also a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery and Honorary Colonel of 19th Regiment, Royal Artillery. [8]
Applegate was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2010 Birthday Honours [9] and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1996 Operational Honours List. [10] He was awarded the US Legion of Merit (Officer Degree) in 2007 [11] and was made a Legionnaire de 1ère classe in 1996 for combat command of Foreign Legion troops in Bosnia. [12]
Richard Applegate | |
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Nickname(s) | Dick |
Born | 10 March 1955 |
Allegiance |
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Service/ |
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Years of service | 1973 - 2010 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held |
19th Regiment Royal Artillery Commander Royal Artillery for 3rd Division |
Battles/wars |
Bosnian War Kosovo War Northern Ireland |
Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Legion of Merit (Officer Degree) Legionnaire de 1ère classe |
Lieutenant General Richard Arthur David Applegate CB OBE (born 20 March 1955) is a former Quartermaster-General and Master-General of the Ordnance to the Army. He left the British Army in October 2010.
Applegate was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1974. [1]
Between 1992 and 1994 he was Military Assistant and Speechwriter to three different Supreme Allied Commanders Europe [2] and then became Commanding Officer 19th Regiment Royal Artillery - The Highland Gunners. [2] After a staff appointment where he was responsible for conceptual development of the British Army, [2] he moved on to be Commander Royal Artillery for 3rd Division [2] followed by an appointment as Director of Equipment Capability. [2]
In 1995 he was deployed at short notice with his artillery regiment to Bosnia, initially under command UNPROFOR, [3] then as commander of the UK/FR/NL artillery group within the ad hoc UNPROFOR Rapid Reaction Force [3] and finally, after the Dayton Agreement, he was assigned to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. [2] His artillery group based in Sarajevo and on Mount Igman provided surveillance, targeting and indirect fire in support of UNPROFOR and NATO's Operation Deliberate Force. [3] In 1999 he was Deputy Commander of the British Forces entering Kosovo. [2] In 2004 he was appointed Capability Manager for Battlefield Manoeuvre and in June 2006 he became Master-General of the Ordnance. [4]
In February 2007 he became Chief of Materiel (Land) and a Main Board member of the new Defence Equipment and Support organisation, with specific responsibility for Defence's supply chain and support to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. [5] He also became Quartermaster-General. [6] He moved on from this post in September 2009 to become a Defence Career Partner on attachment to a number of international companies in preparation to compete for the post of Chief of Defence Materiel for the UK MoD. [7]
He is also a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery and Honorary Colonel of 19th Regiment, Royal Artillery. [8]
Applegate was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2010 Birthday Honours [9] and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1996 Operational Honours List. [10] He was awarded the US Legion of Merit (Officer Degree) in 2007 [11] and was made a Legionnaire de 1ère classe in 1996 for combat command of Foreign Legion troops in Bosnia. [12]