- SURNAME
Lorimer
- FORENAME
John Gordon
- UNIT
Parachute Regiment
- RANK
Major (MBE), Brigadier (DSO)
- NUMBER
515336
- AWARD
Member of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Legion of Merit (US)
- PLACE
1997 (MBE), Afghanistan, 2007 (DSO) Afghanistan (LOM)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1981 joined British Army
1982 commissioned Parachute Regiment
2000 - 2003 commander 3 PARA
wife Philippa
3 sons
London Gazette 54794, 13th June 1997, Page 6 (MBE)
London Gazette 58633, 7th March 2008, Page 3612 (DSO)
2016 awarded K.C.B. (London Gazette 61608, 11th June 2016, Page B3)
2017 awarded US Legion of Merit for services in Afghanistan (London Gazette 61908, 21st April 2017, Page 8516)
2021 retired
WEB LINKS:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54794/supplement/6 (MBE)https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/58633/supplement/3612 (DSO)
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61608/supplement/B3 (KCB)
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61908/supplement/8516 (LoM)
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63453/supplement/14969 (Retired)
https://supportourparas.org/people/lt-gen-sir-john-gordon-lorimer-kcb-dso-mbe/
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