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David Jenkins
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army British Army
Years of service 1965 — 2000
Rank Major-General
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General David John Malcolm Jenkins CB CBE is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career[]

Jenkins was commissioned into the Queen's Own Hussars in 1965.[1]

In 1994 he became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.[2] Then in 1996 he was appointed Director-General for Land Systems[3] and in 1998 he became an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance.[4] He retired in 2000.

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps[5] and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[6] and Colonel of the Queen's Royal Hussars.[7]

In retirement he became Under-Treasurer at Gray's Inn.[8]

References[]

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Hayman-Joyce
Master-General of the Ordnance
1998–2000
Succeeded by
Peter Gilchrist
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