Nick Pope (British Army officer) explained

Sir Nick Pope
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1981 – 2020
Rank:Lieutenant General
Servicenumber:513735
Commands:1st Signal Brigade
30th Signal Regiment
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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

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]

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

In 2022, he was appointed Chair Person of Pearson Engineering, an arms manufacturing company in Newcastle upon Tyne.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brigadier N A W Pope, Headquarters 1st Signal Brigade, Commander. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033113/http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/10212 . dead . 4 March 2016 . Chartered Institute for IT. 12 June 2020.
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Vpf5CP3lY Update on Recent Operations in Afghanistan by Major General Nick Pope
  3. Web site: Senior Army Commands. 30 December 2015.
  4. Web site: 31st International Symposium on Military OR. The International Symposium on Military Operational Research. 3 September 2014.
  5. Web site: QG Signals bid farewell to its Colonel of the Regt, Maj Gen N A W Pope CBE. Gurkha Brigade Association. 10 December 2015. 12 December 2015.
  6. Web site: Nicholas POPE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . 2024-04-07 . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . en.