Years of service 1983 – Name Edward Smyth-Osbourne Service/branch British Army Rank Major-general | Battles/wars War in Afghanistan Battles and wars War in Afghanistan Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held Household Cavalry Regiment
38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade
Major-General commanding the Household Division Awards Order of the British Empire | ||
Major-General Edward Alexander Smyth-Osbourne CBE (born 1964) is a senior British Army officer.
Military career
Smyth-Osbourne was commissioned into the Life Guards in October 1983. He went on to be Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment in 2005 and in that role deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 and then became Commander of 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade in 2009. He went on to be Director of the ISAF Force Reintegration Cell in 2012 and Major-General commanding the Household Division in July 2013.
Smyth-Osbourne was Prince William's and Prince Harry's Commanding Officer in the Household Cavalry Regiment and acted as their military mentor. He was also Prince Harry’s Commanding Officer when the prince undertook active service in Afghanistan. He was invited to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April 2011.