Nick Pope (British Army officer)
Sir Nick Pope | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1981 – 2020 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Service number | 513735 |
| Commands | 1st Signal Brigade 30th Signal Regiment |
| Battles / wars | Bosnian War War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Arthur William Pope, KCB, CBE (born 1962) is a former senior British Army officer. He served as the last Master-General of the Ordnance from 2011 to 2013 when the position was abolished and then as Deputy Chief of the General Staff from 2015 to 2019.
Early life and education
[edit]Pope was born in 1962. He was educated at Desborough School in Maidenhead, and Jesus College, Cambridge.[1]
Military career
[edit]Pope was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1981.[1] He commanded the independent signal squadron in Headquarters, 19th Mechanised Brigade in 1997 and was deployed in that role to Bosnia.[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 30th Signal Regiment in November 2000 and became Deputy Director of Defence Resources and Plans at the Ministry of Defence in late 2002.[1] He went on to be Commander of 1st Signal Brigade at Rheindahlen in September 2005 and was subsequently deployed to Afghanistan.[1]
He was appointed Strategic Communication Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in Spring 2011[2] and became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance in November 2011.[3] He became Director General Capability in October 2013,[4] and Deputy Chief of the General Staff in December 2015. Pope was Master of the Royal Corps of Signals and Colonel Commandant of the Brigade of Gurkhas.[5][6]
Pope was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.[7]
In 2022, he was appointed as Chair of Cobseo, the military charities confederation.[8] He was also appointed Non Executive Director of Pearson Engineering, an arms manufacturing company in Newcastle upon Tyne.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Brigadier N A W Pope, Headquarters 1st Signal Brigade, Commander". Chartered Institute for IT. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ Update on Recent Operations in Afghanistan by Major General Nick Pope
- ^ "Senior Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "31st International Symposium on Military OR". The International Symposium on Military Operational Research. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "QG Signals bid farewell to its Colonel of the Regt, Maj Gen N A W Pope CBE". Gurkha Brigade Association. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "No. 61462". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 January 2016. p. 107.
- ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B2.
- ^ "About us". Cobseo. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Nicholas POPE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- 1962 births
- Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
- British Army lieutenant generals
- British Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Living people
- NATO personnel in the Bosnian War
- Royal Corps of Signals officers
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath