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Andrew Figgures
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Figgures in 2008
Born (1950-11-13)November 13, 1950
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army British Army
Years of service 1970 - 2009
Rank Lieutenant-General
Battles/wars Bosnian War
Iraq War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant General Andrew Collingwood Figgures CB CBE (born 13 November 1950) is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career[]

Educated at Loughborough Grammar School, Welbeck College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge,[1] Figgures was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1970.[2]

In 1995 he was appointed Commander of Equipment Support at HQ Land Command from where he was deployed to Bosnia for which he was awarded the CBE.[1]

In 1998 he went to the Royal College of Defence Studies and was then appointed Director of Operational Requirements (Land).[1] In 2000 he was appointed as Capability Manager for Manoeuvres and then in September 2003 he was deployed to Iraq as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq.[1] In 2004 he became Technical Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance.[3] Then in 2006 he became Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Equipment Capability).[4] He retired in October 2009.[5]

In March 2010 he became Chief Executive of the British Transport Police Authority.[6]

References[]

Military offices
Preceded by
Freddie Viggers
Senior British Military Representative
and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq

2003–2004
Succeeded by
John McColl
Preceded by
Peter Gilchrist
Master-General of the Ordnance
2004–2006
Succeeded by
Dick Applegate
Preceded by
Robert Fulton
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Equipment Capability)
2006 – 2009
Succeeded by
Paul Lambert
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