| 词条 | John Waters (British Army officer, born 1935) |
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|name=Sir John Waters |image= |caption= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1935|09|02|df=y}} |death_date= |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= |nickname= |allegiance={{UK}} |branch= British Army |serviceyears= |rank= |unit= |commands=1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Infantry Brigade 4th Armoured Division Staff College, Camberley Northern Ireland UK Land Forces |battles=Cyprus Emergency Falklands War Operation Banner |awards=Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) |relations= |laterwork= }} General Sir Charles John Waters {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB|CBE}} (born 2 September 1935) is a former Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces. Army careerEducated at Oundle School, John Waters was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in February 1956.[1] He was made Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment in 1975.[1] He was appointed Commander of 3rd Infantry Brigade in 1979, Deputy Commander of Land Forces in the Falklands during the Falklands War in 1982 and General Officer Commanding 4th Armoured Division in 1983.[1] He went on to be Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley in 1986, General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in 1988 and Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces in 1990.[1] Finally he was made Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1993 until 1994 when he retired.[1] Later careerIn retirement he has been Deputy Chairman of the National Army Museum[2] and he was also the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry from 1992 to 1997.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Debrett's People of Today 1994 {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Jeremy Reilly}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC 4th Armoured Division|years=1983–1985}}{{s-aft|after=Michael Hobbs}}2. ^Non Departmental Public Bodies {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022232245/http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/caboff/pb00/pb00-f.pdf |date=22 October 2007 }} Ministry of Defence 3. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 52792 |page=492 | supp = y | date = 14 January 1992 }} |-{{s-bef|before=Patrick Palmer}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley|years=1986–1988}}{{s-aft|after=John Learmont}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Robert Pascoe}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC British Army in Northern Ireland|years=1988–1990}}{{s-aft|after=Sir John Wilsey}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Charles Huxtable}}{{s-ttl|title=C-in-C, UK Land Forces|years=1990–1993}}{{s-aft|after=Sir John Wilsey}} |-{{s-bef|before=D Claus}}{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe|years=1993–1994}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Jeremy Mackenzie}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Waters, John}}{{UK-army-bio-stub}} 12 : Living people|1939 births|British Army generals|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|People educated at Oundle School|British military personnel of the Cyprus Emergency|Gloucestershire Regiment officers|British Army personnel of the Falklands War|British military personnel of the Troubles|NATO military personnel|Commandants of the Staff College, Camberley |
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