Paul Jaques

Lieutenant General Paul William Jaques, CB, CBE is a senior British Army officer, who served as Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Not to be confused with Paul Jack.

Paul Jaques
Paul Jaques in 2018
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1983–2019
RankLieutenant General
Commands held101st Logistic Brigade
Battles/warsGulf War
Iraq War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Jaques was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) on 6 August 1983.[1] He became commander of the 101st Logistic Brigade in December 2005,[2] and saw action in that role in the Iraq War.[3] He went on to be Head of Capability and Expeditionary Logistics in April 2008,[4] Head of Equipment Planning to the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability) in July 2011,[5] and Director Land Equipment at Defence Equipment and Support in December 2013.[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours.[6]

Jaques was promoted to lieutenant general on 8 March 2016,[7] and made Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces that same year.[3] He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.[8] Jaques retired from the Regular Army on 7 December 2019.[9]

Jaques has been Master General REME since April 2017.[10]

References
  1. "No. 49496". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 October 1983. p. 12945.
  2. "Senior Army appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. "Our trustees". Team Army. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. "The Management of the Typhoon project". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. "Service Appointments". Defence viewpoints. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 5.
  7. "No. 61545". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 April 2016. p. 7739.
  8. "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B2.
  9. "No. 62850". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 2019. p. 22294.
  10. "REME Connect: Master General". Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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