Roddy Cordy-Simpson

Lieutenant General Sir Roderick Alexander 'Roddy' Cordy-Simpson KBE CB DL (born 29 February 1944) is a retired British Army officer.

Roddy Cordy-Simpson
Born (1944-02-29) 29 February 1944
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1966 – present
RankLieutenant General
Commands held1st (UK) Armoured Division
Battles/warsBosnian War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Career

Educated at Radley College,[1] Roddy Cordy-Simpson was commissioned into the 13th/18th Hussars in February 1966.[2] He was deployed to Bosnia as Chief of Staff[3] of the United Nations Protection Force in 1992[4] and was appointed General Officer Commanding 1st (UK) Armoured Division in 1994.[5] He was deployed to Bosnia again in December 1996[6] as Deputy Force Commander Operations for the Stabilisation Force (SFOR).[7]

In March 2001 he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London,[8] leaving that role in March 2004.[9] Having settled at Bishopstrow in Wiltshire, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2004.[10] He was awarded the CB in June 1993[11] and the KBE in the New Year Honours List 1998.[12]

He was Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 2016 to 2019.[13][14][15]

References
  1. Radley College Foundation Report 2004 Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "No. 43898". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 February 1966. p. 1755.
  3. Srebrenica air evacuation halted by Serb shelling Prescott Courier, 25 March 1993
  4. Select Committee on Committee House of Commons, 3 February 1999
  5. Whitaker's Almanack 1994
  6. Media attacked over Kosovo campaign BBC News, 9 July 1999
  7. NATO in Bosnia
  8. "No. 56136". The London Gazette. 2 March 2001. p. 2634.
  9. "No. 57221". The London Gazette. 2 March 2004. p. 2671.
  10. "No. 57445". The London Gazette. 22 October 2004. p. 13359.
  11. "No. 53333". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1993. p. 33.
  12. "No. 54993". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1997. p. 5.
  13. "No. 61517". The London Gazette. 4 March 2016. p. 4830.
  14. "No. 62644". The London Gazette. 15 May 2019. p. 8780.
  15. Wiltshire Council (26 September 2019). "Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire - Wiltshire Council". Wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2019.


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