Lieutenant General Paul William Jaques, CB, CBE is a senior British Army officer, who served as Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Paul Jaques
Paul Jaques in 2018
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1983–2019
RankLieutenant General
Commands101st Logistic Brigade
Battles / warsGulf War
Iraq War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

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Jaques was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) on 6 August 1983.[1] He became commander of the 101st Logistic Brigade in December 2005,[2] and saw action in that role in the Iraq War.[3] He went on to be Head of Capability and Expeditionary Logistics in April 2008,[4] Head of Equipment Planning to the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability) in July 2011,[5] and Director Land Equipment at Defence Equipment and Support in December 2013.[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours.[6]

Jaques was promoted to lieutenant general on 8 March 2016,[7] and made Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces that same year.[3] He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.[8] Jaques retired from the Regular Army on 7 December 2019.[9]

Jaques was Master General REME from April 2017 to March 2023.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 49496". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 October 1983. p. 12945.
  2. ^ "Senior Army appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Our trustees". Team Army. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ^ "The Management of the Typhoon project". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Service Appointments". Defence viewpoints. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 5.
  7. ^ "No. 61545". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 April 2016. p. 7739.
  8. ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B2.
  9. ^ "No. 62850". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 2019. p. 22294.
  10. ^ "REME Connect: Master General". Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  11. ^ "No. 64276". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 2024. p. 26495.
Military offices
Preceded by Quartermaster-General to the Forces
2016–2019
Succeeded by
TBA