Sir James Everard | |
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Born | 23 September 1962 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1983–2020 |
Rank | General |
Commands held |
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Commander Field Army 3rd Division 20th Armoured Brigade Queen's Royal Lancers |
Battles/wars |
Bosnian War Iraq War |
Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service (2) |
General Sir James Rupert Everard, KCB, CBE (born 23 September 1962) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
Educated at Uppingham School, [1] Everard was commissioned into the 17th/21st Lancers in June 1983. [2] In 1995, as Chief of Staff, 4th Armoured Brigade, he was deployed to the United Nations Protection Force HQ, Sector South-West, and subsequently as part of the leading UK element of the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia. [1] Then in 1999 he became Military Assistant to the Commander of the Kosovo Force (KFOR). [1] He became Commanding Officer of the Queen's Royal Lancers in September 2000 and deployed as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. [1]
In December 2005 he became Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade [3] in which capacity he was deployed to Basra in Iraq where he made an attempt to target corruption. [3] The brigade left Basra in November 2006 [4] and returned to their home of Paderborn in Germany. [5] He was appointed Director Commitments at Land Command in 2007, [6] General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Division in 2009 [7] and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in April 2011. [8] He went on to be Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) in March 2013 [9] and became Commander Land Forces in September 2014 (post renamed Commander Field Army in November 2015). [10] In March 2017 he was appointed as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) and was promoted to the rank of general. [11] Everard served as Patron of the Army LGBT Forum from 2010. [12]
Everard retired from the British Army on 23 September 2020. [13]
He is married to Caroline and has three children. [1]
Everard was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in November 1996, [14] appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in April 2000 [15] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in June 2005, [16] and awarded a second Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in July 2007 for his work commanding 20th Armoured Brigade during Operation Telic 8 in Iraq. [17] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2016 New Year Honours. [18]
Sir James Everard | |
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![]() Official portrait (2016) | |
Born | 23 September 1962 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1983–2020 |
Rank | General |
Commands held |
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Commander Field Army 3rd Division 20th Armoured Brigade Queen's Royal Lancers |
Battles/wars |
Bosnian War Iraq War |
Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service (2) |
General Sir James Rupert Everard, KCB, CBE (born 23 September 1962) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
Educated at Uppingham School, [1] Everard was commissioned into the 17th/21st Lancers in June 1983. [2] In 1995, as Chief of Staff, 4th Armoured Brigade, he was deployed to the United Nations Protection Force HQ, Sector South-West, and subsequently as part of the leading UK element of the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia. [1] Then in 1999 he became Military Assistant to the Commander of the Kosovo Force (KFOR). [1] He became Commanding Officer of the Queen's Royal Lancers in September 2000 and deployed as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. [1]
In December 2005 he became Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade [3] in which capacity he was deployed to Basra in Iraq where he made an attempt to target corruption. [3] The brigade left Basra in November 2006 [4] and returned to their home of Paderborn in Germany. [5] He was appointed Director Commitments at Land Command in 2007, [6] General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Division in 2009 [7] and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in April 2011. [8] He went on to be Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) in March 2013 [9] and became Commander Land Forces in September 2014 (post renamed Commander Field Army in November 2015). [10] In March 2017 he was appointed as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) and was promoted to the rank of general. [11] Everard served as Patron of the Army LGBT Forum from 2010. [12]
Everard retired from the British Army on 23 September 2020. [13]
He is married to Caroline and has three children. [1]
Everard was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in November 1996, [14] appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in April 2000 [15] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in June 2005, [16] and awarded a second Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in July 2007 for his work commanding 20th Armoured Brigade during Operation Telic 8 in Iraq. [17] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2016 New Year Honours. [18]