Sir John Cheshire | |
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![]() Sir John Cheshire as Lieutenant-Governor addresses the public at Government House, Jersey, at the traditional reception to mark the Queen's Birthday, 2005 | |
Born | September 4, 1942 |
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Years of service | 1961 - 2000 |
Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Anthony Cheshire KBE CB KStJ (born 4 September 1942) is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander.
RAF career[]
Born the son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Cheshire and educated at Ipswich School and Worksop College, Cheshire joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet at the RAF College Cranwell in 1961.[1] He was commissioned as a pilot officer on 17 December 1963,[2] and was successively promoted to flying officer (17 December 1964)[3] and to flight lieutenant (17 June 1966).[4] He was promoted to squadron leader on 1 July 1971[5] and to wing commander on 1 July 1977.[6]
In the late 1970s he served as Commander of the Special Forces Flight and then joined the Air Plans Directorate of the Ministry of Defence.[1] He was appointed Commander of the Air Wing in Brunei in 1980, for which he was appointed an OBE in the 1982 Birthday Honours list.[7] He became the Station Commander at RAF Lyneham in 1982, and after his promotion to group captain on 1 July,[8] Group Captain Contingency Plans at Headquarters United Kingdom Air Forces.[1] He went on to be air attache in Moscow in 1987, and was promoted to air commodore on 1 January 1988.[9] He became Deputy Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1990, and was appointed a CBE in the 1991 New Year Honours list.[10] He was promoted to air vice-marshal on 1 January 1992,[11] and appointed Assistant Chief of Staff Policy and Requirements at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.[1] As an acting air marshal, he was appointed a CB in the 1994 New Year Honours list.[12] He was knighted a KBE in the 1995 New Year Honours list,[13] and promoted to air marshal on 23 January 1995.[14] Appointed UK Military Representative to NATO in 1995, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northwestern Europe on 11 March 1997, with a promotion to air chief marshal.[1][15][16] He retired in 2000.
In retirement Cheshire was the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey from 24 January 2001 to 7 April 2006 when his term of office ended. He was appointed chairman of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust in July 2008.[17]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 NATO Biography
- ↑ "No. 43224". 17 January 1964. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43224/page/
- ↑ "No. 43521". 22 December 1964. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43521/page/
- ↑ "No. 44026". 21 June 1966. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44026/page/
- ↑ "No. 45417". 6 July 1971. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45417/page/
- ↑ "No. 47264". 5 July 1977. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47264/page/
- ↑ "No. 49008". 11 June 1982. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49008/page/
- ↑ "No. 49055". 20 July 1982. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49055/page/
- ↑ "No. 51188". 5 January 1988. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51188/page/
- ↑ "No. 52382". 31 December 1990. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52382/page/
- ↑ "No. 52786". 7 January 1992. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52786/page/
- ↑ "No. 53527". 31 December 1993. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/53527/page/
- ↑ "No. 53893". 31 December 1994. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/53893/page/
- ↑ "No. 53933". 24 February 1995. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/53933/page/
- ↑ "CHESHIRE, Air Chief Marshal Sir John (Anthony)". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10754. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ "No. 54707". 18 March 1997. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54707/page/
- ↑ "Who's Who". Royal Air Force Charitable Trust website. The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises. http://www.airtattoo.com/RAF-Charitable-Trust/the-trust/whos-who. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
External links[]
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