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Christopher Wilson (British Army officer)

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Chris Wilson
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1973–2010
RankMajor-General
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Other workColonel Commandant, Royal Artillery

Major-General Christopher Colin Wilson CB CBE is a former British Army officer who became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career

Wilson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1973. He was appointed the Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2005. He was deployed as Deputy Commander, Combined Forces Command in Afghanistan in 2006 and became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance in 2006 before retiring in May 2010.

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery.

References

  1. "No. 45956". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 April 1973. p. 4933.
  2. "No. 57534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 2005. p. 506.
  3. UNAMA/ISAF PRT Conference NATO, 28 April 2006
  4. "No. 58151". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 2006. p. 15663.
  5. "No. 59421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 May 2010. p. 9085.
  6. "No. 57747". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 September 2005. p. 11451.
Military offices
Preceded byPeter Gilchrist Deputy Commander, Combined Forces Command (Afghanistan)
2006 		Succeeded byPost disbanded
Preceded byDick Applegate Master-General of the Ordnance
2006–2010 		Succeeded byBill Moore
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