Sir Garry Johnson
Born (1937-09-20) 20 September 1937
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Commands held11th Armoured Brigade
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
Allied Forces Northern Europe
Battles/warsMalaysian Emergency
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

General Sir Garry Dene Johnson KCB OBE MC (born 20 September 1937) was Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe.

Military career

Garry Johnson was commissioned into the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles in 1956.[1] He served in Malaysia during the Malaysian Emergency.[2] In 1981 he was made Commander of 11th Armoured Brigade.[3]

In 1985 he was selected to be Assistant Chief of Defence Staff.[4] He moved on to be Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1987[5] before being appointed Commander for Training and Arms Directors in 1989.[6]

In 1992 he became Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe[7] and retired in 1994.[8]

He was Regimental Colonel of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles from 1985 to 1994.[9]

Johnson has been awarded the Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal by the King and Government of Malaysia, the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana of Estonia and, in 1999, the Order of the Three Stars 3rd Class of Latvia.[2][10]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 40851". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 August 1956. p. 4583.
  2. 1 2 Malaysia honours British veterans The Star, 20 July 2006
  3. ↑ "Royal Green Jackets Association". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "No. 50013". The London Gazette. 21 January 1985. p. 871.
  5. ↑ "No. 51061". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 September 1987. p. 11451.
  6. ↑ "No. 51890". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 October 1989. p. 11310.
  7. ↑ "No. 52891". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 April 1992. p. 6631.
  8. ↑ "No. 53835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 October 1994. p. 15267.
  9. ↑ "10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  10. ↑ vestnesis.lv (10 November 1999). "Par apbalvošanu ar Triju Zvaigžņu ordeni un ordeņa Goda zīmi - Latvijas Vēstnesis" [Of the awarding of the Order of the Three Stars and the Medal of Honor of the Order]. Latvijas Vēstnesis (in Latvian). Retrieved 1 December 2020.


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