词条 | Seumas Kerr |
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| name =Seumas Kerr | image = | caption = | birth_date =1953 | death_date = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{UK}} | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1973-2006 | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands =4th Division | battles =Operation Banner Iraq War | awards =Commander of the Order of the British Empire | relations =Marquess of Lothian | laterwork = }} Major-General John Seumas Kerr CBE (born 1953), a kinsman of the Marquesses of Lothian, is a former British Army officer who commanded 4th Division. Military careerKerr was commissioned in to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1973.[1] As a colonel he undertook a tour in Northern Ireland in 1995 during the Troubles in recognition of which he was appointed CBE.[2] He became Deputy Adjutant-General in December 1999, then Assistant Chief of Staff with responsibility for logistics at Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood in 2002 during the Iraq War[3] and General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 2004 before he retired in 2006.[4] In retirement Kerr joined the senior management of the support services arm of Carillion.[5] References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=45956|supp=y|page=4936|date=16 April 1973}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=David Judd}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding the 4th Division|years=2004–2006}}{{s-aft|after=Peter Everson}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerr, Seumas}}2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=54393|page=6545|date=9 May 1996}} 3. ^Supporting Forward Development 4. ^Army Commands {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }} 5. ^Constructing Excellence 8 : 1953 births|Living people|British people of Scottish descent|Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Royal Army Ordnance Corps officers|British Army generals|British military personnel of the Troubles|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire |
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