Years of service 1983 - 2014 Allegiance United Kingdom | Rank Major-General Battles and wars Iraq War | |
Awards Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order | ||
Major-General Michael Lawrence Riddell-Webster CBE, DSO was a British Army officer who currently serves as Governor of Edinburgh Castle.
Military career
Educated at Harrow School and Heriot-Watt University, Riddell-Webster was commissioned into the Black Watch in 1983. After serving in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, for which he was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in 2001, he became commanding officer of 1st Battalion the Black Watch in December 2000 and commanded it during the Iraq War in 2003 for which he was awarded the DSO. He went on to be Deputy Director Equipment Capability (Ground Manoeuvre) at the Ministry of Defence in October 2003 and Commander of 39th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland in December 2005 for which he was also awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in 2007. After that he became Director of the Army Division at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in September 2007, Head of Capability (Ground Manoeuvre) at the Ministry of Defence in December 2008 and Director of the Defence College of Management and Technology in January 2012. After retiring from the Regular Army in September 2014, he became Governor of Edinburgh Castle in October 2015.