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Phil Jones served for 36 years in the British Army, departing the Service as a Lieutenant General. With over 15 international operational deployments, including three secondments to the UN and two to NATO in leadership roles, he gained operational experience in most of the major military campaigns of the past 30 years, including serving for over 3.5 years in Afghanistan.
Phil Jones served for 36 years in the British Army retiring from the Army as a Lieutenant General. He has operational experience gained from most of the major military campaigns of the past 30 years including over 3 years in Afghanistan; most recently he was Chief of Staff of NATO's Allied Command for Transformation. · Experience: Othrys Ltd · Location: Eye · 500+ connections on ...
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Sep 16, 2011 · Major General Phil Jones joined the Infantry (The Royal Anglian Regiment) in 1981. Since then he has served on eight operational tours of duty in Northern Ireland, from platoon to brigade commander. He has also served on operational tours of duty in Belize (1982), the Balkans (1995) and Georgia/Abkhazia (1999). Major General Jones has served ...
The National Army Museum holds the soldiers’ effects ledgers that were created by the War Office to record the monies owing to those who died while serving in the British Army. These records run from 1901 to 1960, covering the latter stages of the Boer War and, of course, both World Wars. Typically, they contain the following details: name ...
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- Politics, Policy and Planning: Records of High Command
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This guide will help you find records at The National Archives relating to military operations planned and carried out by the British Army since the end of the Second World War up until around twenty years ago. These are records that broadly fall into one of two categories: 1. records created by units of the army itself 2. records created by politi...
There are countless published regimental histories and these are often a good place to start research into British Army operations. Our library holds a copy of Arthur S White’s A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army, a useful resource for getting started. A search for documents at The National Archives usually begins in our onli...
To find records revealing the decision making behind British Army operations, government policy on a specific conflict and all kinds of other high level thinking around the operations, conflicts and wars involving the British Army, search within Cabinet (CAB) and Ministry of Defence (DEFE) departments. Browse or search the following specific series...
In the First and Second World Wars, unit records were generally in the form of war diaries but by 1950 unit diaries had been largely superseded by alternative forms of record keeping. From 1946-1950, quarterly historical records and reports replaced the unit war diaries, which were mostly discontinued after the end of hostilities in 1945. Click on ...
Below are just some of the wars and conflicts since 1945 that are covered in our records. The record series listed do not necessarily contain material exclusively on these conflicts but they are amongst the most comprehensive sources.
Browse or search the following series by keyword in our catalogue, including by name of operation, country or region:
Some or all of the publications below may be available to buy from The National Archives’ shop. Alternatively, search The National Archives’ library catalogueto see what is available to consult at Kew. 1. Anthony Farrar-Hockley, The British Part in the Korean War: Official History (HMSO, 1990-1995) 2. Lawrence Freedman, The Official History of the ...
WO 97 – Chelsea: pensioners British Army service records 1760-1913 These records were collected and recorded to determine a person’s eligibility for a pension from the Royal Chelsea Hospital. They recorded an individual’s rank and regiment, service number, birth place, occupation, attestation date and service history.
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Sep 8, 2011 · British Army Maj. Gen. Phil Jones conducts the Pentagon press briefing about current operations in Afghanistan and then answers questions from the press.
