Years of service 1981 - Service/branch British Army Rank Major general | Role British Army officer Name Nicholas Pope Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held 30th Signal Regiment
1st Signal Brigade Battles/wars Bosnian War
Afghanistan War Battles and wars Bosnian War, War in Afghanistan | ||
Lieutenant General Nicholas ('Nick') Arthur William Pope, CBE (born 1962) is a British Army officer who currently serves as Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
Military career
Educated at Desborough School in Maidenhead and Jesus College, Cambridge, Pope was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1981. He became Brigade Major at Headquarters, 19th Mechanised Brigade in 1997 and was deployed in that role to Bosnia. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 30th Signal Regiment in November 2000 and became Deputy Director of Defence Resources and Plans at the Ministry of Defence in late 2002. He went on to be Commander of 1st Signal Brigade at Rheindahlen in September 2005 and was subsequently deployed to Afghanistan. He was appointed Strategic Communication Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in Spring 2011 and became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance in November 2011. After that he became Director General Capability in October 2013 and Deputy Chief of the General Staff in December 2015.