| Edward Adam Butler | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 February 1962 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1984 – 2008 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | Royal Green Jackets |
| Commands held |
22 Special Air Service 16 Air Assault Brigade Task Force Helmand |
| Battles/wars |
The Troubles Bosnian War Sierra Leone Civil War War in Afghanistan |
| Awards |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |
Brigadier Edward Adam Butler CBE, DSO (born 27 February 1962) is a former British Army officer who commanded Task Force Helmand.
Military career[]
Educated at Eton College[1] and the University of Exeter,[2] Butler was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in August 1984.[3] He was mentioned in dispatches for his service in Northern Ireland in November 1991,[4] received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for his service in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia in Autumn 1997[5] and received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service again for his service in Sierra Leone in summer 2000.[6]
He became commanding officer of 22 Special Air Service in 2001[7] and commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in 2004, in which role he was deployed as commander of Task Force Helmand in April 2006.[8] He went on to be Chief, Joint Force Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters in December 2006 before retiring in December 2008, citing family reasons.[9]
After leaving the British Army he became Chief Executive of Corporates for Crisis, a business providing advice for companies operating in difficult places,[10] and then chairman of and latterly adviser to S-RM, an intelligence and risk consulting business.[11]
Personal life[]
Butler is married with two children.[12] He is the son of Sir Adam Butler MP and grandson of Conservative politician Richard Austen "Rab" Butler.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gall, Sandy (2013). War Against the Taliban: Why It All Went Wrong in Afghanistan. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 96. https://books.google.com/books?id=Qb23aL0zfkEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "Profile: Brigadier Ed Butler". The Daily Telegraph. 1 August 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2486001/Profile-Brigadier-Ed-Butler.html.
- ↑ "No. 49904". 22 October 1984. p. 14274. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49904/supplement/14274
- ↑ "No. 52705". 5 November 1991. p. 16848. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52705/supplement/16848
- ↑ "No. 55120". 8 May 1998. p. 5195. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/55120/supplement/5195
- ↑ "No. 57588". 18 March 2005. p. 3377. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/57588/supplement/3377
- ↑ "Ed Butler". London Speaker Bureau. http://www.londonspeakerbureau.com/uk/speakers/ed_butler. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "UK military 'made wrong calculations' on Afghanistan". BBC. 23 October 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29714738. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence appointments". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033054/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Brigadier Ed Butler: My son told me he didn’t want a part-time dad". The Daily Telegraph. 2 August 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2487676/Brigadier-Ed-Butler-My-son-told-me-he-didnt-want-a-part-time-dad.html. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ed Butler". S-RM. https://www.s-rm.co.uk/management/. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "The NS interview: Ed Butler". New Statesman. 13 August 2009. http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/08/mehdi-hasan-afghanistan-interview-military.
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