Lieutenant-General Sir Jeremy Calcott Reilly KCB

Order of the Bath

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 DSO

Distinguished Service Order

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 (born 7 April 1934) is a former British Army

British Army

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 officer who commanded 4th Armoured Division

4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

The 4th Infantry Division is a regular British Army division with a long history having been present at the Peninsular War the Crimean War , the First World War , and during the Second World War.- Napoleonic Wars :...

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Military career

Educated at Uppingham School

Uppingham School

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 and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

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, Reilly was commissioned into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1954. He was given command of the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

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 in 1971. He was appointed an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley

Staff College, Camberley

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 in 1974, Commander of 6th Field Force and the UK Mobile Force in 1979 and General Officer Commanding

General Officer Commanding

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 4th Armoured Division

4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

The 4th Infantry Division is a regular British Army division with a long history having been present at the Peninsular War the Crimean War , the First World War , and during the Second World War.- Napoleonic Wars :...

 in 1981. He went on to lead the Directorate of Business Delivery at the Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

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in 1983, to become Assistant Chief of Defence Staff at the Ministry of Defence in 1985 and to be Commander for Training and Arms Directors in 1986 before he retired in 1989.