Andrew Stewart (British Army officer)

Andrew Stewart
Born 1952
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1972 - 2008
Rank Major-General
Battles/wars Iraq War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Andrew Richard Evelyn De Cardonnel Stewart CB CBE (born 1952) is a former British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division (South East), Iraq.

Military career

Educated at Felsted School,[1] Stewart was commissioned into the 13th/18th Hussars in 1972.[2] He became Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in December 1996,[3] Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood November 1999 and Director of Military Assistance Overseas at the Ministry of Defence in December 2001.[4] He was deployed as General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division (South East), Iraq in December 2003 and became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Policy) in 2004.[4] He retired in 2008.[5]

References

  1. Old Festedians - Military
  2. "No. 45775". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 September 1972. p. 10838.
  3. Senior Army Appointments Archived July 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. 1 2 Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Senior Appointments Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. Whitaker's Almanack 2009
Military offices
Preceded by
New Post
General Officer Commanding
Multi-National Division (South East), Iraq

20032004
Succeeded by
Bill Rollo
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