Andrew Ridgway
| Sir Andrew Ridgway | |
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Sir Andrew Ridgway in June 2010
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| Born |
20 March 1950 Teddington, Middlesex |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
3rd Royal Tank Regiment 7th Armoured Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
Bosnian War Kosovo War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |
Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Peter Ridgway, KBE, CB (born 20 March 1950) is a former British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. He was appointed to the latter role for a 5-year term on 14 June 2006 after a long military career.
He was educated at Hele's School, Exeter, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and St John's College, Cambridge.
In 1970 he was commissioned into the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, serving in Germany and Ireland as a Troop Leader. In 1975 he qualified as a helicopter pilot, and was given command of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment Air Squadron, operating in Central America and Northern Ireland. In 1982 he attended the Army Staff College at Camberley, before taking command of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in 1991 and the 7th Armoured Brigade (the 'Desert Rats') in 1993. In 1994 he was appointed UN Commander in Central Bosnia and Herzegovina, and became Chief of Staff for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps for NATO's entry into the Kosovo War in 1999. For 2003 to 2006, he was Chief of Defence Intelligence, although he was not directly involved in producing the controversial intelligence reports that led to 2003 invasion of Iraq and Operation Telic. He is also Colonel of the Royal Tank Regiment (appointed in 1999), Honorary Colonel of Cambridge University Officer Training Corps and the Westminster Dragoons.
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