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Bruce Brealey CB (born 8 February 1959) is a

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officer who served as Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps – Iraq from 2007 to 2008.

Military career

Educated at St Olave's Grammar School in

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, Brealey was commissioned into the

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in 1984. He became Commander, Royal Artillery in December 2002, Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans at the

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in January 2005 and Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps – Iraq in October 2007.Senior Army Appointments
He went on to be

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in November 2008 and Director-General, Capability in November 2011. He was made a companion of the Order of the Bath in 2012.

References

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