Allegiance United Kingdom Education Radley College Years of service 1966 – present Battles and wars Bosnian War | Battles/wars Bosnian War Rank Lieutenant-general Name Roddy Cordy-Simpson Service/branch British Army | |
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Commands held 1st (UK) Armoured Division Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath Similar Hugh Trefusis Brassey, Roland Gibbs, John Cooper (British Army officer) | ||
Lieutenant General Sir Roderick Alexander 'Roddy' Cordy-Simpson KBE CB DL (born 29 February 1944) is a retired British Army general.
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Career
Educated at Radley College, Roddy Cordy-Simpson was commissioned into the 13th/18th Hussars in February 1966. He was deployed to Bosnia as Chief of Staff of the United Nations Protection Force in 1992 and was appointed General Officer Commanding 1st (UK) Armoured Division in 1994. He was deployed to Bosnia again in December 1996 as Deputy Force Commander Operations for the Stabilisation Force (SFOR).
In March 2001 he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London, leaving that role in March 2004. Having settled at Bishopstrow in Wiltshire, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2004. He was awarded the CB in June 1993 and the KBE in the New Year Honours List 1998.
Family
He is married to Virginia and has two children, Zoe and Angus.