Allegiance United Kingdom Years of service 1984 – present Name Nick Welch | Rank Major General | |
Battles/wars BalkansWar in Afghanistan | ||
Major General Nicholas Welch OBE is a British Army officer who currently serves as the Assistant Chief of the General Staff.
Military career
Welch was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment on 20 April 1984. His deployments included Berlin, Northern Ireland and Belize.
Welch became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment in 2002 and having been promoted to colonel on 30 June 2006, he became commander of 7 Armoured Brigade based in Bergen-Hohne, Germany in March 2009. He was deployed with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade as the deputy commander of Regional Command (South West) in Afghanistan in September 2011 and briefly served as Deputy Director of Strategic Studies in the Ministry of Defence before becoming Director Army Division at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in August 2012. He went on to be Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in July 2014 and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in December 2015.
Welch was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for service in the former Yugoslavia in March 2005. He was appointed to a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 New Year Honours and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2006 New Year Honours.