David Rutherford-Jones

David Rutherford-Jones
Born	1958
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1977–present
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	The Light Dragoons 20th Armoured Brigade RMA Sandhurst
Battles/wars	Kosovo War Iraq War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General David John Rutherford-Jones CB (born 1958) is a British Army officer and former Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Educated at Lancing College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, David Rutherford-Jones was commissioned into the 15th/19th Hussars in 1977 and served in Cyprus, Canada, Germany, UK and Belgium.^[1] He took command of The Light Dragoons in 1997.^[1]

He has served as Chief of Staff of 1st Mechanised Brigade from 1993 to 1996, and then as Chief of Staff of 3rd (UK) Division, and he subsequently commanded 20th Armoured Brigade during tours of duty in Kosovo (2001/02) and Iraq (2003/04). He was Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2007 to 2009 when he became Military Secretary.^[2]

He is Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Army Music.^[3]

Rutherford-Jones was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} NATO Biography
2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2010
3. ^ Corps of Army Music
4. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59446. p. 2. 12 June 2010.

Military offices
Preceded by Andrew Ritchie	Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 2007–2009	Succeeded by Patrick Marriott
Preceded by Mark Mans	Military Secretary 2009–2011	Succeeded by Andrew Gregory

Persondata
Name	Rutherford-Jones, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1958
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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