Major-General Christopher Michael Deverell MBE

Order of the British Empire

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 is a British Army

British Army

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 officer who currently serves as Director General Logistics Support and Equipment at HQ Land Forces.

Military career

Educated at Mansfield College, Oxford

Mansfield College, Oxford

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, Deverell was commissioned into the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment

2nd Royal Tank Regiment

The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps...

 in 1979. He went on to command of the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Regiment. He commanded 4th Armoured Brigade in Iraq

Iraq

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 and Germany

Germany

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 from January 2005, became Director Equipment Capability (Ground Manoeuvre) from April 2007 and was made Director General Logistics Support and Equipment at HQ Land Forces in December 2008. He will become Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster General

Quartermaster-General to the Forces

In the United Kingdom, the Quartermaster-General to the Forces is a senior general in the British Army.From 1904 the Quartermaster-General to the Forces was the Third Military Member of the Army Board.-Responsibilities:...

from May 2012.