Nick Pope (British Army officer)
British Army general
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Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Arthur William Pope, KCB, CBE (born 1962) is a former senior British Army officer. He served as the last Master-General of the Ordnance from 2011 to 2013 when the position was abolished and then as Deputy Chief of the General Staff from 2015 to 2019.
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Sir Nick Pope | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 63–64) |
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| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Service years | 1981 – 2020 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Service number | 513735 |
| Commands | 1st Signal Brigade 30th Signal Regiment |
Conflicts | Bosnian War War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Early life and education
Pope was born in 1962. He was educated at Desborough School in Maidenhead, and Jesus College, Cambridge.[1]
Military career
Pope was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1981.[1] He commanded the independent signal squadron in Headquarters, 19th Mechanised Brigade in 1997 and was deployed in that role to Bosnia.[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 30th Signal Regiment in November 2000 and became Deputy Director of Defence Resources and Plans at the Ministry of Defence in late 2002.[1] He went on to be Commander of 1st Signal Brigade at Rheindahlen in September 2005 and was subsequently deployed to Afghanistan.[1]
He was appointed Strategic Communication Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in Spring 2011[2] and became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance in November 2011.[3] He became Director General Capability in October 2013,[4] and Deputy Chief of the General Staff in December 2015. Pope was Master of the Royal Corps of Signals and Colonel Commandant of the Brigade of Gurkhas.[5][6]
Pope was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.[7]
In 2022, he was appointed as Chair of Cobseo, the military charities confederation.[8] He was also appointed Non Executive Director of Pearson Engineering, a defence manufacturing company in Newcastle upon Tyne.[9] Pope is also Chair of Governors at Godolphin School in Salisbury.[10]