Jonathan Shaw (British Army officer)

Jonathan Shaw
Jonathan Shaw
Born	22 November 1957; Leeds, West Yorkshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1981-2012
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	2 Bn Parachute Regiment; 12th (Mechanized) Brigade
Battles/wars	Falklands War; Kosovo War; Iraq War Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Jonathan David Shaw CB CBE (born 22 November 1957) is a former British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Oxford, where he studied PPE, Shaw was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1981.[1] He was a platoon commander with 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War.[1] Having attended Staff College, Camberley between 1989 and 1990, he was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment in 1997.[1]

After attending the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2000, he was made Commander of 12th (Mechanized) Brigade in 2002[2] and subsequently commanded the Multi-National Brigade (Centre) in Kosovo.[1] He was appointed Director Special Forces in 2003, and having attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2006, he became General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division (South East), Iraq in January 2007 and went on to be Chief of Staff at HQ Land Forces in September 2007.[2] He became Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (International Security Policy) in March 2009 and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Global Issues) in January 2011.[1] His responsibilities include Chemical Biological Radiological & Nuclear Policy, Arms Control and Counter Proliferation and Cyber.[1]

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.[3] He retired from the Army in 2012.[4]

Family

He is married to Gillie, a partner in a firm of lawyers; they have two children.[1]

Publications

Shaw, Jonathan (16 October 2014). Britain in a Perilous World: The Strategic Defence and Security Review We Need. Haus Publishing. ISBN 978-1908323811.

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References

"Research explorer tool". Napier.
"Army Commands" (PDF). 26 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
"No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 2.
Jonathan Shaw Paradata

Military offices
Preceded by Graeme Lamb	Director Special Forces 2003–2006	Succeeded by Adrian Bradshaw
Preceded by Richard Shirreff	General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division (South East), Iraq January 2007–August 2007	Succeeded by Graham Binns

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[bio-1] "Research explorer tool". Napier.

[commands-2] "Army Commands" (PDF). 26 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.

[3] "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 2.

[4] Jonathan Shaw Paradata