Chris Brown (British Army officer)

Lt. Gen. Chris Brown
Brown in 2009
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Northern Ireland
Battles/wars	Bosnian War Iraq War
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant-General Christopher Charles Brown CBE was the last General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland.

Military career

Educated at Brentwood School and University College, Cardiff, Brown was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1974.^[1]

In 1994 he was appointed Commanding Officer of 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.^[1] He then went to Sarajevo as Assistant Chief of Staff for Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps during the Bosnian War.^[1] In 1999 he was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for 1st Armoured Division and in 2002 he became Director, Royal Artillery.^[1] In 2004 he returned to HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps as Chief of Staff.^[1] He became the last General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in 2008:^[1] the post was downgraded to that of a Brigadier when Brown left in 2009.^[2] In 2009 he became Senior British Military Representative in Iraq.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Oxford Leverhulme Programme
2. ^ Army presense scaled back in Northern Ireland The Independent, 8 December 2008
3. ^ Royal Navy Pull-out leaves Iraq oil exposed Evening Standard, 3 June 2009

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Nick Parker	General Officer Commanding the British Army in Northern Ireland 2008–2009	Succeeded by Post disbanded

Persondata
Name	Brown, Christopher Charles
Alternative names
Short description	Last General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland
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