Ivan Jones (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Ivan Bartholomew Leonard Jones CB (born September 1966) is a British Army officer.

Ivan Jones
Jones in 2019
BornSeptember 1966[1]
Bristol, England[2]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1986 –
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldField Army
8th Force Engineer Brigade
26 Engineer Regiment
Battles/warsWar in Afghanistan
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Military career

Jones was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 7 September 1986[3] and transferred to the Royal Engineers on 26 October 1988.[4] He was appointed commanding officer of 26 Engineer Regiment[5] and, in that role, saw active service in Afghanistan in 2007, for he received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in 2008.[6]

He became Commander 8th Force Engineer Brigade in October 2011, Chief of Joint Force Operations from September 2013 and Chief of Staff, Field Army in November 2015.[7] He went on to be Director-General, Army Personnel in May 2018[7] and Commander Field Army, with the substantive rank of lieutenant general, in March 2019.[8]

Jones was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2018 Birthday Honours.[9]

References
  1. "Ivan Bartholomew Leonard JONES". Companies House. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007
  3. "No. 50696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 October 1986. p. 13874.
  4. "No. 51616". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 January 1989. p. 615.
  5. "Royal Engineers launch Afghan landmine awareness campaign". Reliefweb. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  6. "No. 58633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 March 2008. p. 3614.
  7. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  8. "No. 62610". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 April 2019. p. 6432.
  9. "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B3.
Military offices
Preceded by
Patrick Sanders		 Commander Field Army
2019–present		 Incumbent
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