John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Messenger
  • FORENAME
Gordon Kenneth
  • UNIT
R.M. 40 Commando (C.O.) + 3 Commando Brigade (C.O.) + Ministry of Defence + Vice Chief of Defence Staff
  • RANK
Major + Colonel + Brigadier + Lieutenant General + General
  • NUMBER
N027960S
  • AWARD
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
  • PLACE
Yugoslavia 2000 (OBE) Iraq 2003 (DSO) Afghanistan 2008-09 (bar DSO) 2015 (CB) 2016 (KCB)
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 15.4.1962 Dundee, Angus
graduate commission 15.9.1983
full commission 21.5.1986
graduated Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course No 21 1995
Major 30.6.1997
served Yugoslavia 2000 (award O.B.E.)
Colonel 30.6.2002
40 Commando (C.O.)
graduated UK Higher Command and Staff Course 2007
Brigadier 24.4.2007
appointed ADC to the Queen 1.4.2008
C.O. 3 Commando Brigade 2008-09
Major General 2009
Chief of Staff (Ops), Permanent Joint HQ, Northwood 2011
Director Force Reintegration HQ, ISAF October 2012
Deputy Commander of NATO Allied Land Command, Izmir January 2013
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Ops), M.O.D. 2013 (Lt Gen)
General 2016
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff 2016
married Sarah (3 children)
retired 14.5.2019
London Gazette 56373, 30th October 2001, Page 12747 (OBE)
London Gazette 57100, 31st October 2003, Page 4 (DSO)
London Gazette 59182, 11th September 2009, Page 15640 (bar to DSO)
London Gazette 61256, 13th June 2015, Page B3 (CB)
London Gazette 61608, 11th June 2016, Page, Page B2 (KCB)
 
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