Jeremy Rowan
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Jeremy Rowan CB OBE QHS |
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| Birth name | Jeremy Francis Rowan |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1983-2016 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Commands held | Army Medical Services |
| Battles/wars |
Gulf War Kosovo War Iraq War |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Officer of the Order of St John |
Major General Jeremy Francis Rowan, CB, OBE, QHS is a British physician and senior British Army officer. He has served with the Royal Army Medical Corps since 1983, and has been deployed abroad for the Gulf War, the Kosovo War and the Iraq War. Since September 2014, he has been Director General of the Army Medical Services.
Rowan was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, an all-boys grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast and graduated with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, and Bachelor in the Art of Obstetrics (MB BCh BAO) degrees.
Rowan first joined the British Army as a part-time officer with the Territorial Army. On 1 February 1983, he was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Army, in the rank of captain. He was promoted to major on 1 February 1988. In 1990/1991, he was deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Granby (the British effort during the First Gulf War). He was the Regimental Medical Officer of 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers, and in charge of the Hospital Treatment Department of 32 Field Hospital. On 9 November 1993, he transferred from a short service commission to a regular commission.
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