Nick Pope (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Arthur William Pope, KCB, CBE (born 1962) was a senior British Army officer. He served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 2011 to 2013 and Deputy Chief of the General Staff from 2015 to 2019.

For the former MoD Employee (now UFO researcher) see Nick Pope (journalist). For the English footballer, see Nick Pope (footballer)

Sir Nick Pope
Lieutenant General Pope
Born1962 (age 58–59)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1981 – 2020
RankLieutenant General
Commands held1st Signal Brigade
30th Signal Regiment
Battles/warsBosnian War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Early life and education

Pope was born in 1962. He was educated at Desborough School in Maidenhead, and Jesus College, Cambridge.[1]

Military career

Pope was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1981.[1] He became Brigade Major at Headquarters, 19th Mechanised Brigade in 1997 and was deployed in that role to Bosnia.[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 30th Signal Regiment in November 2000 and became Deputy Director of Defence Resources and Plans at the Ministry of Defence in late 2002.[1] He went on to be Commander of 1st Signal Brigade at Rheindahlen in September 2005 and was subsequently deployed to Afghanistan.[1]

He was appointed Strategic Communication Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in Spring 2011[2] and became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance in November 2011.[3] He became Director General Capability in October 2013,[4] and Deputy Chief of the General Staff in December 2015.[5][6]

Pope was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.[7]

References
  1. "Brigadier N A W Pope, Headquarters 1st Signal Brigade, Commander". Chartered Institute for IT. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. Update on Recent Operations in Afghanistan by Major General Nick Pope
  3. "Senior Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. "31st International Symposium on Military OR". The International Symposium on Military Operational Research. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  5. "QG Signals bid farewell to its Colonel of the Regt, Maj Gen N A W Pope CBE". Gurkha Brigade Association. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  6. "No. 61462". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 January 2016. p. 107.
  7. "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B2.
Military offices
Preceded by
Bill Moore		 Master-General of the Ordnance
2011–2013		 Post abolished
Preceded by
Mark Poffley		 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
2015–2019		 Succeeded by
Christopher Tickell
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