Nick Welch (British Army officer)

Major General Nicholas Welch OBE is a British Army officer who served as the Assistant Chief of the General Staff.

Nick Welch
Brigadier Welch in 2011
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1984–present
RankMajor General
Commands held1 Battalion Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
7 Armoured Brigade
Battles/warsBosnian War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Military career

Welch was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment on 20 April 1984.[1] His deployments included Berlin, Northern Ireland and Belize.[2]

Welch became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment in 2002[3] and having been promoted to colonel on 30 June 2006,[4] he became commander of 7 Armoured Brigade based in Bergen-Hohne, Germany in March 2009.[5] He was deployed with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade as the deputy commander of Regional Command (South West) in Afghanistan in September 2011[6] 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.[7] He went on to be Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in July 2014[5] and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in December 2015.[8][9]

Welch was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for service in the former Yugoslavia in March 2005.[10] He was appointed to a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 New Year Honours[11] and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2006 New Year Honours.[12]

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References
  1. "No. 49813". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 July 1984. p. 10102.
  2. "Shedhead Major General returns to Gloucestershire as chief of staff for ARRC - with one eye on Gloucester vs Bath". Gloucester Citizen. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. "Why do regiments matter?". BBC. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. "No. 58034". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 2006. p. 9061.
  5. "Senior Army appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. "Brigadier General Nick Welch steps into top Afghanistan role". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  7. "Ministry of Defence and Senior Tri-Service Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  8. "Major General Nick Welch". Corenet. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  9. "Annual Newsletter" (PDF). Regimental Association of The Rifles and The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  10. "No. 57588". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 March 2005. p. 3372.
  11. "No. 56070". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2000. p. 6.
  12. "No. 57855". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2005. p. 5.
Military offices
Preceded by
David Cullen		 Assistant Chief of the General Staff
2015 – 2018		 Succeeded by
Rupert Jones
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