| 词条 | Gary Coward |
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| name = Sir Gary Coward | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|08|26|df=yes}} | death_date = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial = | nickname = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1974–2012 | rank = Lieutenant General | unit = | commands = | battles = Bosnian War | awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath | relations = | laterwork = }} Lieutenant General Sir Gary Robert Coward, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KBE|CB}} (born 26 August 1955) is a retired senior British Army officer, who served as Chief of Materiél (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces from September 2009 until his retirement in May 2012. Military careerCoward was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1974,[1] but transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1983.[2] In 1995 he was deployed to the Bosnia and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service there.[3] He provided daily briefings on television from Sarajevo during the conflict.[4] He was appointed Director of Equipment Capability at the Ministry of Defence in 2003,[5] and then moved on to be General Officer Commanding Joint Helicopter Command in 2005.[6] In 2007 he moved on again to be Chief of Staff at Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood.[7] He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours.[8] In September 2009 he was made Director of Materiel (Land)[9] and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.[10] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.[11] He is also a patron of the armed forces career management charity, Soldier On![12] References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=46270|supp=y|page=5057|date=23 April 1974}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|title=Commander, Joint Helicopter Command|before=Paul Luker|after=Tony Johnstone-Burt|years=2005–2008}}2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=49237|supp=y|page=752|date=17 January 1983}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=54393|supp=y|page=6547|date=9 May 1996}} 4. ^656 Squadron 5. ^RUSI 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=57712|supp=y|page=9645|date=26 July 2005}} 7. ^Construction work is completed at Northwood Headquarters Uxbridge Gazette, 4 February 2009 8. ^{{London Gazette|issue=58729|supp=y|page=2|date=14 June 2008}} 9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=59177|supp=y|page=15384|date=8 September 2009}} 10. ^{{London Gazette|issue=59191|supp=y|page=16222|date=22 September 2009}} 11. ^{{London Gazette|issue=60173|supp=y|page=5|date=16 June 2012}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.soldieron.org.uk/?page_id=21|title=Our Patrons|publisher=Soldier on!|accessdate=7 August 2013}} |-{{s-bef|before=Dick Applegate}}{{s-ttl|title=Quartermaster-General to the Forces|years=2009–2012}}{{s-aft|after=Christopher Deverell}} |-{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Coward, Gary}} 9 : 1955 births|Living people|British Army generals|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Royal Artillery officers|British Army Air Corps officers|NATO personnel in the Bosnian War|People educated at the Duke of York's Royal Military School |
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