Jonathan Pentreath

Pentreath was born on 2 March 1966 in Plymstock, Devon, England. His father was Captain David Pentreath, a decorated Royal Navy officer. He was educated at Sandroyd School, Haileybury and Imperial Service College, a public school in Hertfordshire, and City, University of London.^[1]

Pentreath joined the Royal Navy in 1984.^[2] He became Commanding Officer 845 Naval Air Squadron in 2001 and saw action at the Battle of Al Faw in March 2003 during the Iraq War,^[2] for which he was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service.^[3] He went on to be Commander Air of the amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean in 2006, then Commanding Officer Commando Helicopter Force in 2008 with a promotion to captain on 9 September 2008.^[4] He was appointed Capability Director at Joint Helicopter Command in July 2012,^[2] and promoted to commodore on 16 July 2012.^[5] After that he became Commanding Officer Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in September 2015,^[6] and Commander Joint Helicopter Command in April 2017.^[7] He handed over command of Joint Helicopter Command in March 2020^[8] and retired from the Royal Navy on 1 August 2020.^[9]

Pentreath was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours^[10] and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.^[11]