Peter Gilchrist

Peter Gilchrist
Gilchrist in 2008
Born	28 February 1952
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1973–2009
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Royal Tank Regiment
Battles/wars	Afghanistan War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Bronze Star (United States)

Major General Peter Gilchrist CB (born 28 February 1952) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 2000 to 2004.

Military career

Educated at Marlborough College, Gilchrist was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1973.^[1] He became Commanding Officer of the Royal Tank Regiment in 1993, Deputy Director of Ordnance in 1996 and Programme Director for Armoured Systems in 1998.^[2] He went on to be an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance in 2000.^[3] He was deployed Afghanistan as Deputy Commander at Combined Forces Command in 2004,^[4] and then became Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 2006.^[5] He retired in 2009.^[6]

References

1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45892. p. 1351. 30 January 1973. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
2. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55763. p. 1655. 15 February 2000. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
4. Wilton Park
5. Whitaker's Almanack 2006
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59058. p. 8059. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.