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|name= Edward Adam Butler |image= |caption= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1962|02|27|df=y}} |death_date= |birth_place= |death_place= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch= {{army|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears= 1984 – 2008 |rank= Brigadier |commands=22 Special Air Service 16 Air Assault Brigade Task Force Helmand |unit=Royal Green Jackets |battles=The Troubles Bosnian War Sierra Leone Civil War War in Afghanistan |awards= Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order}} Brigadier Edward Adam Butler CBE, DSO (born 27 February 1962) is a former British Army officer who commanded Task Force Helmand. Military careerEducated at Eton College[1] and the University of Exeter,[2] Butler was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in August 1984.[3] He was mentioned in dispatches for his service in Northern Ireland in November 1991,[4] received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for his service in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia in Autumn 1997[5] and received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service again for his service in Sierra Leone in summer 2000.[6] He became commanding officer of 22 Special Air Service in 2001[7] and commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in 2004, in which role he was deployed as commander of Task Force Helmand in April 2006.[8] He went on to be Chief, Joint Force Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters in December 2006 before retiring in December 2008, citing family reasons.[9] After leaving the British Army he became Chief Executive of Corporates for Crisis, a business providing advice for companies operating in difficult places,[10] and then chairman of and latterly adviser to S-RM, an intelligence and risk consulting business.[11] Personal lifeButler is married with two children.[12] He is the son of Sir Adam Butler MP and grandson of Conservative politician Richard Austen "Rab" Butler.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite book|title=War Against the Taliban: Why It All Went Wrong in Afghanistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qb23aL0zfkEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|date=2013|page=96|first=Sandy|last=Gall|author-link=Sandy Gall}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Ed}}2. ^{{citenews|title=Profile: Brigadier Ed Butler|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2486001/Profile-Brigadier-Ed-Butler.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=1 August 2008}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=49904|supp=y|page=14274|date=22 October 1984}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=52705|supp=y|page=16848|date=5 November 1991}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=55120|supp=y|page=5195|date=8 May 1998}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=57588|supp=y|page=3377|date=18 March 2005}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.londonspeakerbureau.com/uk/speakers/ed_butler|title=Ed Butler|publisher=London Speaker Bureau|accessdate=24 July 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29714738|title=UK military 'made wrong calculations' on Afghanistan|date=23 October 2014|publisher=BBC|accessdate=24 July 2016}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |title=Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence appointments |accessdate=24 July 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033054/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |archivedate=17 November 2015 |df=dmy }} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2487676/Brigadier-Ed-Butler-My-son-told-me-he-didnt-want-a-part-time-dad.html|title=Brigadier Ed Butler: My son told me he didn’t want a part-time dad|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 August 2008|accessdate=24 July 2016}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.s-rm.co.uk/management/|title=Ed Butler|publisher=S-RM|accessdate=24 July 2016}} 12. ^{{citenews|title=The NS interview: Ed Butler|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/08/mehdi-hasan-afghanistan-interview-military|work=New Statesman|date=13 August 2009}} 8 : 1962 births|Living people|Alumni of the University of Exeter|British Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|People educated at Eton College|Royal Green Jackets officers |
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