David Jenkins (British Army officer)

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David Jenkins
Birth nameDavid John Malcolm Jenkins
Born (1945-01-02) 2 January 1945 (age 77)[1]
Burton, Staffordshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
Years of service1965—2000
RankMajor-General
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General David John Malcolm Jenkins CB CBE (born 2 January 1945) is a retired British Army officer and a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career[]

Jenkins was commissioned into the Queen's Own Hussars in 1965.[2]

In 1994, he became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.[3] Then in 1996 he was appointed Director-General for Land Systems[4] and in 1998 he became an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance.[5] He retired in 2000.[6]

He was appointed colonel of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1997[7] He was then briefly Colonel Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps[8] in 1999, before becoming Colonel of the Queen's Royal Hussars later in the year.[9]

In retirement, he became Under-Treasurer at Gray's Inn.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jenkins, Maj.-Gen. David John Malcolm". Who's Who.
  2. ^ "No. 43576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1965. p. 1675.
  3. ^ "No. 53828". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1994. p. 14913.
  4. ^ "No. 54602". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 1996. p. 1.
  5. ^ "No. 55312". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1998. p. 12486.
  6. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. ^ "No. 54937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 November 1997. p. 12372.
  8. ^ "No. 55391". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1999. p. 1185.
  9. ^ "No. 55601". The London Gazette. 7 September 1999. p. 9591.
  10. ^ Inns-based chambers risk falling foul of disability laws The Lawyer, 11 October 2004
Military offices
Preceded by Master-General of the Ordnance
1998–2000 		Succeeded by
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