Lieutenant General Richard Arthur David Applegate CB OBE (born 20 March 1955) is a former Quartermaster-General and Master-General of the Ordnance to the Army. He left the British Army in October 2010.
Richard Applegate | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Dick |
| Born | 10 March 1955 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1973 - 2010 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | 19th Regiment Royal Artillery Commander Royal Artillery for 3rd Division |
| Battles / wars | Bosnian War Kosovo War Northern Ireland |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Legion of Merit (Officer Degree) Legionnaire de 1ère classe |
Military career
editApplegate was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1974.[1]
Between 1992 and 1994 he was Military Assistant and Speechwriter to three different Supreme Allied Commanders Europe[2] and then became Commanding Officer 19th Regiment Royal Artillery - The Highland Gunners.[2] After a staff appointment where he was responsible for conceptual development of the British Army,[2] he moved on to be Commander Royal Artillery for 3rd Division[2] followed by an appointment as Director of Equipment Capability.[2]
In 1995 he was deployed at short notice with his artillery regiment to Bosnia, initially under command UNPROFOR,[3] then as commander of the UK/FR/NL artillery group within the ad hoc UNPROFOR Rapid Reaction Force[3] and finally, after the Dayton Agreement, he was assigned to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.[2] His artillery group based in Sarajevo and on Mount Igman provided surveillance, targeting and indirect fire in support of UNPROFOR and NATO's Operation Deliberate Force.[3] In 1999 he was Deputy Commander of the British Forces entering Kosovo.[2] In 2004 he was appointed Capability Manager for Battlefield Manoeuvre and in June 2006 he became Master-General of the Ordnance.[4]
In February 2007 he became Chief of Materiel (Land) and a Main Board member of the new Defence Equipment and Support organisation, with specific responsibility for Defence's supply chain and support to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.[5] He also became Quartermaster-General.[6] He moved on from this post in September 2009 to become a Defence Career Partner on attachment to a number of international companies in preparation to compete for the post of Chief of Defence Materiel for the UK MoD.[7]
He is also a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery and Honorary Colonel of 19th Regiment, Royal Artillery.[8]
Applegate was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2010 Birthday Honours[9] and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1996 Operational Honours List.[10] He was awarded the US Legion of Merit (Officer Degree) in 2007[11] and was made a Legionnaire de 1ère classe in 1996 for combat command of Foreign Legion troops in Bosnia.[12]
References
edit- ^ "No. 46270". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1974. p. 5057.
- ^ a b c d e f g UK Defence Conference
- ^ a b c 'Op Deliberate Force' by Tim Ripley, CDISS August 1999, ISBN 0-9536650-0-3
- ^ "No. 58028". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 June 2006. p. 8723.
- ^ "No. 58252". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 February 2007. p. 2461. and DE&S Yearbook 2010
- ^ "No. 58258". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 2007. p. 2868.
- ^ "No. 59191". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 2009. p. 16222.
- ^ "No. 57945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 2006. p. 4707.
- ^ "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 54393". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 May 1996. p. 6547.
- ^ Citation dated 21 February 2007, signed by the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army
- ^ Order of General de Division Piquemal dated 20 Avril 1996