Major-General
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John David Moore-Bick
CBE
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,
DL (born 10 October 1949) is a former
British Army
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officer who commanded
United Kingdom Support Command (Germany)
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.
Early and private life
Moore-Bick is the son of John Ninian Moore-Bick and his wife Kathleen (née Beall). He is the younger brother of Sir
Martin Moore-Bick
Sir Martin James Moore-Bick (born 6 December 1946) is a retired judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Early and private life
Moore-Bick was born in Wales, the son of John Ninian Moore-Bick and his wife Kathleen (''née'' Beall). ...
, a
Lord Justice of Appeal
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.
He was educated at Stonegate CE Primary School in
Wadhurst
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,
The Skinners' School
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in
Royal Tunbridge Wells
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, and at
St Catherine's College, Oxford
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.
[ He married Anne Horton in 1973. They have one daughter.][
]
Military career
Moore-Bick was commissioned into the Royal Artillery
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in 1971 and transferred to the Royal Engineers
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in 1972, serving with 45 Commando
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and 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron
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until 1979. He attended the German General Staff Course (Führerakademie der Bundeswehr) from 1980 to 1982. He became military assistant to the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
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in 1987, served as Commanding Officer of 21 Engineer Regiment during the Gulf War
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. After attending the Higher Command and Staff Course
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The course is p ...
at the Staff College, Camberley
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in 1994, he became chief engineer for the NATO
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Implementation Force
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in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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in 1995.[Debrett's People of Today]
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in 1997, became leader of the study team into Defence Postgraduate Academic Training in 1999 and was appointed military advisor to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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in 2000.[
He became General Officer Commanding ]United Kingdom Support Command (Germany)
United may refer to:
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* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
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* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...
in 2001 and then United Kingdom Special Defence Adviser to Serbia
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and Montenegro
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in 2003 before retiring in 2005.[ He was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers from 2002 to 2012.][
]
Later career
He was General Secretary of the Forces Pension Society from 2007 to 2015 and was Chairman of the Governors of The Skinners' School
The Skinners' School (formally The Skinners' Company's Middle School for Boys and commonly known as Skinners'), is a British Grammar School with academy status for boys located in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Established in ...
in Tunbridge Wells
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, Kent
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from 2005 until June 2015. He became Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex
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in 2006.[ He was Master of the Skinners' Company in 2008–9. He became a governor of ]Plumpton College
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in 2016.[
]
References
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British Army major generals
1949 births
Living people
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
British Army personnel of the Gulf War
Deputy Lieutenants of East Sussex
Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford
Royal Artillery officers
Royal Engineers officers