Peter Gilchrist (British Army officer)

Major General Peter Gilchrist CB (born 28 February 1952) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 2000 to 2004.

Peter Gilchrist
Gilchrist in 2008
Born (1952-02-28) 28 February 1952
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1973–2009
RankMajor General
Service number499420
Commands heldRoyal Tank Regiment
Battles/warsAfghanistan War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Bronze Star (United States)

Military career

Educated at Marlborough College, Gilchrist was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1973.[1] He became Commanding Officer of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment in 1993, Deputy Director of Ordnance in 1996 and Programme Director for Armoured Systems in 1998.[2] He went on to be an executive director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance in 2000.[3] He was deployed Afghanistan as Deputy Commander at Combined Forces Command in 2004,[4] and then became Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 2006.[5] He retired in 2009.[6]

References
  1. "No. 45892". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 January 1973. p. 1351.
  2. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  3. "No. 55763". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 February 2000. p. 1655.
  4. Wilton Park
  5. Whitaker's Almanack 2006
  6. "No. 59058". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 May 2009. p. 8059.
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