| 词条 | Giles Hill |
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|name=Giles Hill |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |branch= British Army |serviceyears= 1990- |rank=Major General |commands=1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment 16 Air Assault Brigade 1st (UK) Armoured Division |unit= |battles=Iraq War War in Afghanistan |awards=Commander of the Order of the British Empire |laterwork= }} Major-General Giles Patrick Hill CBE is a British Army officer who was the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Defence Engagement). Military careerEducated at Lawnswood School in Leeds, Hill served as a reservist with 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment before he was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1990.[1] He commanded A Company of 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment during Operation Telic in Iraq and then became commander officer of 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.[1] Hill went on to be Commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in May 2011,[2] Deputy Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in 2013[3] and General Officer Commanding 1st (United Kingdom) Division in April 2015.[4] He became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Defence Engagement) in April 2017.[5] Hill was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[6] References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/13312614.Homecoming_of_a_Yorkshire_general/|title=Homecoming of a Yorkshire general|publisher=The Press|date=4 June 2015|accessdate=10 August 2015}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=James Chiswell}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding the 1st (United Kingdom) Division|years=2015–2017}}{{s-aft|after=Ralph Wooddisse}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Giles}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |title=Army Commands |accessdate=10 August 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |archivedate=5 July 2015 |df=dmy }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/550080/British-Paras-form-elite-force-with-American-troops-soldiers-rapid-reaction|title=British Paras form elite force with US|publisher=Daily Express|date=4 January 2015|accessdate=10 August 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/13219960.York_gets_a_new_major_general/|title=York gets a new major general|publisher=Northern Echo|date=3 June 2015|accessdate=10 August 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Generals-Current.pdf|title=Generals: April 2017|accessdate=18 April 2017}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=60895|supp=y|page=b6|date=14 June 2014}} 4 : British Army generals|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Living people|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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