Roger Wheeler
16 December 1941 -
General Sir Roger Wheeler Photo: Courtesy the Royal Irish Rangers
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1961 - 2000
Rank	General
Commands held	2 R IRISH 11 Armoured Brigade 1 (UK) Armoured Division Land Command Chief of the General Staff
Battles/wars	Operation Banner Bosnian War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

General Sir Roger Neil Wheeler GCB, CBE, ADC (born 16 December 1941) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1997 and 2000.

Army career

Educated at All Hallows School in Devon and Hertford College, Oxford (graduated 1961),^[1] Roger Wheeler was commissioned into the Royal Ulster Rifles in 1961. He became commanding officer of 2nd Royal Irish Rangers in 1979 and went on to be Brigade Commander of 11 Armoured Brigade in 1984. In 1989 he became General Officer Commanding 1 (UK) Armoured Division.^[2]

He became Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 1990 and then General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in 1993.^[3]

He also served as Joint Commander of the UK's forces deployed on NATO operations in Bosnia.^[4]

He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Land Command in 1996 and Chief of the General Staff in 1997 retiring from the British Army in 2000.^[4]

Later career

Sir Roger is the current Constable of the Tower of London. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Aegis Defence Services, a member of the governing board of the Serious Organised Crime Agency and a Trustee of the Royal Armouries.^[4]

Sports

Sir Roger played cricket for the Stragglers of Asia CC, one of the oldest wandering cricket club in the UK^[5].

References

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