James Everard

Sir James Everard
Born	23 September 1962
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1983 – present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	20th Armoured Brigade 3rd Division Commander Field Army
Battles/wars	Bosnian War Iraq War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service (2)

Lieutenant General Sir James Rupert Everard KCB, CBE (born 23 September 1962) is a senior British Army officer and the current Commander Field Army.

Career

Educated at Uppingham School,^[1] James Everard was commissioned into the 17th/21st Lancers in June 1983.^[2] In 1995, as Chief of Staff, 4th Armoured Brigade, he was deployed to the United Nations Protection Force HQ, Sector South-West, and subsequently as part of the leading UK element of the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia.^[1] Then in 1999 he became Military Assistant to the Commander of the Kosovo Force (KFOR).^[1] He became Commanding Officer of the Queen's Royal Lancers in September 2000 and deployed as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.^[1]

In December 2005 he became Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade^[3] in which capacity he was deployed to Basra in Iraq and built himself a reputation targeting corruption.^[3] The brigade left Basra in November 2006^[4] and returned to their home of Paderborn in Germany.^[5] He was appointed Director Commitments at Land Command in 2007,^[6] General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Division in 2009^[7] and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in April 2011.^[8] He went on to be Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) in March 2013^[9] and became Commander Land Forces in September 2014 (post renamed Commander Field Army in November 2015).^[10] In July 2016 his appointment as NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) was announced, to take place in March 2017 at which time he will be promoted to General.^[11]

A strong advocate of diversity, Everard has served as Patron of the Army LGBT Forum since 2010.^[12]

Honours

Everard was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in November 1996,^[13] appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in April 2000^[14] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in June 2005,^[15] and awarded a second Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in July 2007 for his work commanding 20th Armoured Brigade during Operation Telic 8 in Iraq.^[16] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2016 New Year Honours.^[17]

Family

He is married to Caroline and has three children.^[1]

References

1. Blue Beret December 2000
2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49385. p. 7891. 14 June 1983. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
3. Basra Commander targets corruption In the news, 8 May 2006
4. Did the Brits Lose Southern Iraq? Time Magazine, 22 February 2006
5. Royal British Legion Paderborn Branch
6. The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience – Defence Committee House of Commons, 27 January 2009
7. Service Appointments The Times, 22 May 2009
8. Service Appointments The Times, 8 June 2011
9. Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Senior Appointments
10. "New UK Commander, Land Forces announced". Defence Viewpoints. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
11. "General Sir James Everard appointed most senior UK officer in NATO - News stories - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
12. Lt Gen J Everard. "Message from the Forum Patron". ArmyLGBT Forum. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
13. The London Gazette: no. 54574. p. 14851. 8 November 1996. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
14. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55819. p. 4252. 14 April 2000. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
15. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57665. p. 5. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
16. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58396. p. 10414. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
17. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61450. p. N3. 30 December 2015.