Years of service 1973 - 2012 Name Martin Rutledge Rank Major general | Commands held 5th Infantry Division Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Awards Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire | ||
Maj gen martin rutledge at the rotary gb ireland conference 2014
Major-General Martin John Rutledge CB OBE is a former British Army officer who commanded 5th Division.
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Military career
Educated at Wadham College, Oxford and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Rutledge was commissioned into the 9th/12th Royal Lancers in 1973. He became Commanding Officer of his regiment in 1994. He was appointed Director, Royal Armoured Corps in 2002, Chief of Staff to the Adjutant General's Corps in 2005 and Kosovo Protection Corps Co-ordinator in 2007 before becoming General Officer Commanding 5th Division in 2008. He retired in 2012 and became Chief Executive of ABF - The Soldiers' Charity.
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