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David Jenkins | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David John Malcolm Jenkins |
| Born | 2 January 1945[1] Burton, Staffordshire, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1965—2000 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Service number | 477782 |
| Unit | Queen's Own Hussars |
| Commands | Royal Military College of Science |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Major-General David John Malcolm Jenkins CB CBE (born 2 January 1945) is a retired British Army officer and a former Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career
[edit]Jenkins was commissioned into the Queen's Own Hussars in 1965.[2]
In 1994, he became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.[3] Then in 1996 he was appointed Director-General for Land Systems[4] and in 1998 he became an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance.[5] He retired in 2000.[6]
He was appointed colonel of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1997[7] He was then briefly Colonel Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps[8] in 1999, before becoming Colonel of the Queen's Royal Hussars later in the year.[9]
In retirement, he became Under-Treasurer at Gray's Inn.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jenkins, Maj.-Gen. David John Malcolm". Who's Who. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "No. 43576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1965. p. 1675.
- ^ "No. 53828". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1994. p. 14913.
- ^ "No. 54602". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 1996. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 55312". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1998. p. 12486.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "No. 54937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 November 1997. p. 12372.
- ^ "No. 55391". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1999. p. 1185.
- ^ "No. 55601". The London Gazette. 7 September 1999. p. 9591.
- ^ Inns-based chambers risk falling foul of disability laws The Lawyer, 11 October 2004