John Waters (British Army officer, born 1935)

General Sir Charles John Waters, GCB, CBE (born 2 September 1935) is a retired British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces from 1990 to 1993.

For other people named John Waters, see John Waters (disambiguation).

Sir John Waters
Birth name	Charles John Waters
Born	(1935-09-02) 2 September 1935
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Land Forces HQ Northern Ireland Staff College, Camberley 4th Armoured Division 3rd Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
Battles/wars	Cyprus Emergency Falklands War Operation Banner
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Army career

Educated at Oundle School, John Waters was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in February 1956.[1] He was made Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment in 1975.[1] He was appointed Commander of 3rd Infantry Brigade in 1979, Deputy Commander of Land Forces in the Falklands during the Falklands War in 1982 and General Officer Commanding 4th Armoured Division in 1983.[1] He went on to be Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley in 1986, General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in 1988 and Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces in 1990.[1] Finally he was made Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1993 until 1994 when he retired.[1]

Later career

In retirement Waters has been Deputy Chairman of the National Army Museum[2] and he was also the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry from 1992 to 1997.[3]

References

1. Debrett's People of Today 1994
2. Non Departmental Public Bodies Archived 22 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Defence
3. "No. 52792". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 January 1992. p. 492.

Military offices
Preceded by Jeremy Reilly	GOC 4th Armoured Division 1983–1985	Succeeded by Michael Hobbs
Preceded by Patrick Palmer	Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley 1986–1988	Succeeded by John Learmont
Preceded by Sir Robert Pascoe	GOC British Army in Northern Ireland 1988–1990	Succeeded by Sir John Wilsey
Preceded by Sir Charles Huxtable	Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces 1990–1993
Preceded by Dieter Clauss	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1993–1994	Succeeded by Sir Jeremy Mackenzie