Peter Wall (British Army officer)
| Sir Peter Anthony Wall | |
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General Sir Peter Wall c.2013
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| Born |
10 July 1955 Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1974–2014 |
| Rank | General |
| Service number | 497536 |
| Commands held |
Chief of the General Staff Land Forces Chief Royal Engineer 1st Armoured Division 16 Air Assault Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
Yugoslav Wars Iraq War |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |
General Sir Peter Anthony Wall, GCB, CBE, DL, FREng (born 10 July 1955) is a retired British Army officer who served as the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, until September 2014. Wall had previously been the Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces from August 2009 to September 2010. He succeeded General Sir David Richards as Chief of the General Staff in September 2010, the latter going on a month later to be Chief of the Defence Staff.
Born in Ipswich, Suffolk the son of John Ramsay Wall and Dorothy Margaret Wall (née Waltho), Wall was educated at Whitgift School and Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Wall graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in April 1974 with his commission being confirmed in December 1974, with effect from 9 March the same year. After a short period of military duties, Wall studied engineering at University of Cambridge, before joining airborne forces and going on to serve with the Royal Engineers in Belize and Rhodesia. Wall was promoted to captain on 9 September 1980 and to major on 30 September 1987.
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