Roger Wheeler (British Army officer)

Infobox Military Person
name = Roger Wheeler
lived=16 December 1941 -
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=


caption= General Sir Roger Wheeler
Photo: Courtesy the Royal Irish Rangers
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
serviceyears= 1961 - 2000
rank= General
branch=
current position= Retired
commands=2 R IRISH
11 Armoured Brigade
1 (UK) Armoured Division
Land Command
Chief of the General Staff
unit=
battles=Operation Banner
Bosnian War
awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
laterwork=
General Sir Roger Neil Wheeler GCB, CBE, ADC (born 16 December 1941) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1997 and 2000.

Army career

Educated at All Hallows School in Devon and Hertford College, Oxford (graduated 1961), [Citation
last =
first =
title = Oxford Gazette…
url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1996-7/weekly/071196/news/list.htm
accessdate = 2007-08-27] Roger Wheeler was commissioned into the Royal Ulster Rifles in 1961. He became commanding officer of 2nd Royal Irish Rangers in 1979 and went on to be Brigade Commander of 11 Armoured Brigade in 1984. In 1989 he became General Officer Commanding 1 (UK) Armoured Division. [Citation
last =
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title = Regiments.org: 1st UK Armoured Division
url=http://www.regiments.org/formations/uk-div/div01inf.htm
accessdate = 2008-01-20]

He became Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 1990 and then General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in 1993. [Citation
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title = Regiments.org: Northern Ireland District
url=http://www.regiments.org/formations/uk-cmdarmy/uk-d-iNI.htm
accessdate = 2008-01-20]

He also served as Joint Commander of the UK's forces deployed on NATO operations in Bosnia.Citation
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first =
title = Biography from Royal Armouries
url=http://www.royalarmouries.org/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=1769
accessdate = 2007-08-27]

He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Land Command in 1996 and Chief of the General Staff in 1997 retiring from the British Army in 2000.

Later career

Sir Roger is the current Constable of the Tower of London. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Aegis Defence Services, a member of the governing board of the Serious Organised Crime Agency and a Trustee of the Royal Armouries.

ports

Sir Roger played cricket for the Stragglers of Asia CC, one of the oldest wandering cricket club in the UK [Citation
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title = Stragglers of Asia Cricket Club
url=http://www.stragglersofasia.co.uk
accessdate = 2008-04-11] .

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