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Paul Nanson
Major General Paul Anthony Edward Nanson (born 10 May 1965) is a British Army officer who served as Commander 7th Armoured Brigade, Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and General Officer Commanding Recruiting and Initial Training Command. Early life and education Nanson was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Military career Nanson was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in January 1986. He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 2006 and was deployed to Iraq. He went on to be chief of staff for 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in Germany in 2008, commander of the 7th Armoured Brigade in March 2011 and Director (Army) at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in April 2014. After that he became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in September 2015. Nanson was given the additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ormskirk
Ormskirk is a market town in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, north of Liverpool, northwest of St Helens, southeast of Southport and southwest of Preston. Ormskirk is known for its gingerbread. Geography and administration Ormskirk lies on sloping ground on the side of a ridge, whose highest point is above sea-level, at the centre of the West Lancashire Plain, and has been described as a "planned borough", laid out in the 13th century.Lancashire County Council Ormskirk historic town assessment, Lancashire County Council, 2006 Ormskirk is an , surrounded by the |
Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby
("Small things grow in harmony" - Sallust) , established = , closed = , type = Public SchoolIndependent school; Day school , religion = , president = , head_label = Head Master , head = Mr Deiniol Williams , founder = Merchant Taylors' Company , specialist = , address = 186 Liverpool Road , city = Great Crosby , county = Merseyside , country = England , postcode = L23 0QP , local_authority = Sefton , urn = 104973 , ofsted = , staff = ~80 (full-time) , enrolment = 737 , gender = Boys , lower_age = 7 , upper_age = 18 , houses = Armours, Harrisons, Stevens, Warings , colours = Black and Gold , publication = , free_label_1 = Former pupils , free_1 = Old Crosbeians , free_label_2 = School Song , free_2 = ''Crescat Crosbeia'' , website = http://www.merchanttaylors.com/ Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Nesmith
Lieutenant General Sharon Patricia Moffat Nesmith (née Moffat; born 1970) is a senior British Army officer. Since August 2022, she is serving as Deputy Chief of the General Staff. She became the first woman to command a British Army brigade in 2014, the first woman to command a British division-level formation in 2021, and the first woman to be promoted to lieutenant general in the British Army in 2022. Personal life Nesmith is from Northumberland. Her father was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve, and her brother served in the British Army for 16 years. She studied biological sciences at the University of Edinburgh. She was sponsored through university by the British Army, having been awarded a university cadetship. Nesmith's husband Walker works as a tree surgeon, and she has two sons. Military career On 4 September 1988, Nesmith was commissioned in the Women's Royal Army Corps of the British Army as a second lieutenant (on probation) as part of her university cadetship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Recruiting And Initial Training Command
The Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command (ARITC) is a two-star command of the British Army and "is responsible for all recruiting, selection, and basic training of soldiers and the recruitment and selection of officers". History Army 2020 was the name given to the restructuring of the British Army, in light of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review. On 1 April 2018, the Army Recruiting and Training Division was disbanded. Before this date, the division (a major-general's command) was tasked with everything from recruiting to initial training to second-level training. The division at this time also controlled the Land Warfare Centre. However, following the Army 2020 Refine, the division was disestablished with the recruiting and initial training given to the new 'Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command', while the second-level and further training given to the Land Warfare Centre. The latter of which is now under direct control of Commander Field Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Capps
Major-General Duncan Francis Capps (born 21 December 1966) is a British Army officer. He served as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2020 to 2022. Early life and education Capps was born on 21 December 1966 in Slough, Berkshire, England. He was educated at Charters School, a comprehensive school in Sunningdale, Berkshire. He graduated from Cranfield University with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1999. Military career Capps was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Transport on 13 December 1986. He was Commanding Officer of 7 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps from 2006 to 2008. He became Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in December 2008, commander 104th Logistic Support Brigade in August 2011 and commander, Joint Force Support in Afghanistan in December 2012. He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics) at Permanent Joint Headquarters in November 2013, Head of Defence Supply Chain Operations and Movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors And Commandants Of Sandhurst
This is a list of the governors and commandants of the Royal Military College, first at Great Marlow (1802–1812), then at Sandhurst (1813–1939), and of its successor on the same site, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1947 to date). The Commandant of the Academy, as of the former Royal Military College, is its commanding officer and is always a senior officer of field rank. Most Commandants serve for between two and three years and many go on to further significant promotions. History of the role The Royal Military College Sandhurst was originally led by a Governor (a figurehead), a Lieutenant Governor (in command of the college) and a Commandant (responsible for the cadets).Conference Room Sandhurst Collection In 1812 the posts of Lieutenant Governor and Commandant were merged into the role of Commandant. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Skeates
Lieutenant General Stuart Richard Skeates, (born 1966) is a British Army officer. He served as Deputy Commander of JFC Brunssum from December 2018 to December 2021. He also previously served as Standing Joint Force Commander from 2015 to 2018. Early life and education Skeates was born in 1966. He was educated at The Judd School in Tonbridge, King's College London (BA History, 1988; MA Defence Studies, 1999) and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Military career Skeates was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1989. He served in the Gulf War and in the Bosnian War, took part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and then served as Military Assistant to the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in the final years of Operation Banner.Leaders US Marine Corps He became Commanding Officer of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 New Year Honours
The 2020 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and were officially announced in ''The London Gazette'' on 27 December 2019. Australia, an independent Realm, has a separate honours system and its first honours of the year, the 2020 Australia Day Honours, coincide with Australia Day on 26 January. The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country whose ministers advised Her Majesty on the appointments, then by the honour and by the honour's grade (''i.e.'' Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander ''etc.''), and then by divisions (''i.e.'' Civil, Diplomatic, and Military), as appropriate. United Kingdom Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the United Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran border, west, Turkmenistan to the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, northwest, Uzbekistan to the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, north, Tajikistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, northeast, and China to the Afghanistan–China border, northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains Afghan Turkestan, in the north and Sistan Basin, the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. , Demographics of Afghanistan, its population is 40.2 million (officially estimated to be 32.9 million), composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Nanson Sandhurst
Paul may refer to: * Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer * Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church * Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire * Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general * Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist * Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary * Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer * Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia * Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Services Command And Staff College
Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC) is a British military academic establishment providing training and education to experienced officers of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, Ministry of Defence Civil Service, and serving officers of other states. History JSCSC combined the single service provision of the British Armed Forces: Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Staff College, Camberley, RAF Staff College, Bracknell, and the Joint Service Defence College, Greenwich. Initially formed at Bracknell in 1997, the college moved to a purpose-built facility in the grounds of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Watchfield in Oxfordshire in 2000. Command, control and organisation JSCSC is a component of the Defence Academy and the commandant is a full member of the DA Management Board, reporting to the director of the Defence Academy. The commandant is a two-star appointment ( rear admiral, major general or air vice marshal) and can be filled by candidates fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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