Roddy Cordy-Simpson
Sir Roddy Cordy-Simpson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 February 1944 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1966–present |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | 1st (UK) Armoured Division |
| Battles / wars | Bosnian War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General Sir Roderick Alexander "Roddy" Cordy-Simpson, KBE, CB, DL (born 29 February 1944) is a retired British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Educated at Radley College,[1] Roddy Cordy-Simpson was commissioned into the 13th/18th Hussars in February 1966.[2] He was deployed to Bosnia as chief of staff of the United Nations Protection Force in 1992,[3][4] for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in June 1993,[5] and became General Officer Commanding 1st (UK) Armoured Division in 1994.[6] He was deployed to Bosnia again in December 1996,[7] as Deputy Force Commander Operations for the Stabilisation Force (SFOR).[8] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year Honours.[9]
In March 2001 Cordy-Simpson was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London,[10] leaving that role in March 2004.[11] Having settled at Bishopstrow in Wiltshire, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2004.[12] He was Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 2016 to 2019.[13][14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ Radley College Foundation Report 2004 Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 43898". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 February 1966. p. 1755.
- ^ Srebrenica air evacuation halted by Serb shelling Prescott Courier, 25 March 1993
- ^ Select Committee on Committee House of Commons, 3 February 1999
- ^ "No. 53333". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1993. p. 33.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1994
- ^ Media attacked over Kosovo campaign BBC News, 9 July 1999
- ^ NATO in Bosnia
- ^ "No. 54993". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1997. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 56136". The London Gazette. 2 March 2001. p. 2634.
- ^ "No. 57221". The London Gazette. 2 March 2004. p. 2671.
- ^ "No. 57445". The London Gazette. 22 October 2004. p. 13359.
- ^ "No. 61517". The London Gazette. 4 March 2016. p. 4830.
- ^ "No. 62644". The London Gazette. 15 May 2019. p. 8780.
- ^ Wiltshire Council (26 September 2019). "Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire – Wiltshire Council". Wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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