Special Forces
Roll Of Honour
Special Forces
Roll Of Honour
Home
Categories
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New articles
New media comments
New profile posts
New article comments
Latest activity
Entries
Roll Of Honour
Awards
Popski's Private Army Roster
Operations
War Diaries
Today In History
Web Links
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Entries
Awards
Messenger, Gordon Kenneth
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Courage Beyond Duty: Stories of Courage from Allied Bomb Disposal Operatives
By Noel Cashford
No Small Achievement: Special Operations Executive and the Danish Resistance 1940-1945
By Knud J.V. Jespersen
Message
<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 32234" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Messenger </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gordon Kenneth </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>R.M. 40 Commando (C.O.) + 3 Commando Brigade (C.O.) + Ministry of Defence + Vice Chief of Defence Staff</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major + Colonel + Brigadier + Lieutenant General + General</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>N027960S</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order and bar, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Yugoslavia 2000 (OBE) Iraq 2003 (DSO) Afghanistan 2008-09 (bar DSO) 2015 (CB) 2016 (KCB)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 15.4.1962 Dundee, Angus</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduate commission 15.9.1983</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>full commission 21.5.1986</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course No 21 1995</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major 30.6.1997</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served Yugoslavia 2000 (award O.B.E.)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Colonel 30.6.2002</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>40 Commando (C.O.)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated UK Higher Command and Staff Course 2007</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Brigadier 24.4.2007</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>appointed ADC to the Queen 1.4.2008</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>C.O. 3 Commando Brigade 2008-09 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major General 2009</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chief of Staff (Ops), Permanent Joint HQ, Northwood 2011</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Director Force Reintegration HQ, ISAF October 2012</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Commander of NATO Allied Land Command, Izmir January 2013</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Ops), M.O.D. 2013 (Lt Gen)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>General 2016</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vice Chief of the Defence Staff 2016</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Sarah (3 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired 14.5.2019</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 56373, 30th October 2001, Page 12747 (OBE)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 57100, 31st October 2003, Page 4 (DSO)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 59182, 11th September 2009, Page 15640 (bar to DSO)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 61256, 13th June 2015, Page B3 (CB)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 61608, 11th June 2016, Page, Page B2 (KCB)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-messenger.9352/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/9/9352-c92495f5f83ec46494b02bd55a0a9098.jpg?1663856505" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-messenger.7743/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/7/7743-33917661e4beb1dcaab7c3af7808de93.jpg?1591389106" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 32234, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Messenger [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Gordon Kenneth [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]R.M. 40 Commando (C.O.) + 3 Commando Brigade (C.O.) + Ministry of Defence + Vice Chief of Defence Staff[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Major + Colonel + Brigadier + Lieutenant General + General[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]N027960S[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order and bar, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Yugoslavia 2000 (OBE) Iraq 2003 (DSO) Afghanistan 2008-09 (bar DSO) 2015 (CB) 2016 (KCB)[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 15.4.1962 Dundee, Angus[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]graduate commission 15.9.1983[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]full commission 21.5.1986[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]graduated Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course No 21 1995[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Major 30.6.1997[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]served Yugoslavia 2000 (award O.B.E.)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Colonel 30.6.2002[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]40 Commando (C.O.)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]graduated UK Higher Command and Staff Course 2007[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Brigadier 24.4.2007[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]appointed ADC to the Queen 1.4.2008[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]C.O. 3 Commando Brigade 2008-09 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Major General 2009[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Chief of Staff (Ops), Permanent Joint HQ, Northwood 2011[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Director Force Reintegration HQ, ISAF October 2012[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Deputy Commander of NATO Allied Land Command, Izmir January 2013[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Ops), M.O.D. 2013 (Lt Gen)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]General 2016[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Vice Chief of the Defence Staff 2016[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Sarah (3 children)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]retired 14.5.2019[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]London Gazette 56373, 30th October 2001, Page 12747 (OBE)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]London Gazette 57100, 31st October 2003, Page 4 (DSO)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]London Gazette 59182, 11th September 2009, Page 15640 (bar to DSO)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]London Gazette 61256, 13th June 2015, Page B3 (CB)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]London Gazette 61608, 11th June 2016, Page, Page B2 (KCB)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-messenger.9352/'][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/9/9352-c92495f5f83ec46494b02bd55a0a9098.jpg?1663856505[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-messenger.7743/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/7/7743-33917661e4beb1dcaab7c3af7808de93.jpg?1591389106[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Entries
Awards
Messenger, Gordon Kenneth
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top