Rear Admiral Jonathan Patrick Pentreath, (born 2 March 1966) is a retired senior officer of the

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. He commanded 845 Naval Air Squadron from 2001 to 2003, including during the Battle of Al Faw in the

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, and later commanded Commando Helicopter Force (2009–11) and Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton (2015–17). He was Commander

Joint Helicopter Command Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) is a tri-service organisation uniting battlefield military helicopters of the British Armed Forces for command and coordination purposes. History Background Over the years, the grouping of all battlefield suppo ...

from April 2017 until March 2020 when he retired from the Royal Navy.

Early life and education

Pentreath was born on 2 March 1966 in

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, Devon, England. He father was Captain David Pentreath, a decorated Royal Navy officer. He was educated at

Sandroyd School Sandroyd School is an independent co-educational preparatory school for day and boarding pupils aged 2 to 13 in the south of Wiltshire, England. The school's main building is Rushmore House, a 19th-century country house which is surrounded by the ...

Haileybury and Imperial Service College Haileybury is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) near Hertford in England. It is a member of the Rugby Group and, though originally a major boys' public school in the Victorian era, it is now co-educational, enrol ...

, a public school in Hertfordshire, and

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Naval career

Pentreath joined the

in 1984. He became Commanding Officer 845 Naval Air Squadron in 2001 and saw action at the Battle of Al Faw in March 2003 during the

, for which he was awarded a

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service The King's Commendation for Valuable Service is a British military award for meritorious service in an operational theatre. It was established in 1994, when the award of the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct and the Queen's Commendation for ...

. He went on to be Commander Air of the

amphibious assault ship An amphibious assault ship is a type of amphibious warfare ship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault. The design evolved from aircraft carriers converted for use as helicopter carriers (and, a ...

in 2006, Commanding Officer Commando Helicopter Force in 2008 and Capability Director at Joint Helicopter Command in July 2012. After that he became Commanding Officer

Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, or RNAS Yeovilton, (HMS ''Heron'') is an airfield of the Royal Navy and British Army, sited a few miles north of Yeovil, Somerset. It is one of two active Fleet Air Arm bases (the other being RNAS Culdrose (H ...

in September 2015, and Commander

in April 2017. He handed over command of Joint Helicopter Command in March 2020 and retired from the Royal Navy on 1 August 2020. Pentreath was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the

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and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pentreath, Jonathan Companions of the Order of the Bath Living people Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Commendation for Valuable Service Royal Navy rear admirals People educated at Sandroyd School Royal Navy personnel of the Iraq War Royal Navy personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 1966 births People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College