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Retired British Army officer For the rugby player, see Jacko Page (rugby union).

Jacko Page
Page in 2007
Nickname(s)Jacko
Born (1959-02-25) 25 February 1959 (age 65)
Norwich, Norfolk, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1981–2014
RankLieutenant General
Service number512953
CommandsDirector Special Forces (2009–12)
6th Division (2008–09)
Battles / warsFalklands War
Gulf War
Bosnian War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Lieutenant General Jonathan David "Jacko" Page, CB, OBE (born 25 February 1959) is a retired senior British Army officer.

Early life

Page was born in Norwich, Norfolk, on 25 February 1959.

Military career

Page commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1981. In 1989, he commanded an armoured squadron of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and deployed to the Middle East for Operation Granby, the British military contribution to the Gulf War.

As well as staff posts in the Ministry of Defence, Page has served as chief of staff of 24 Airmobile Brigade and with United Nations Protection Force in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He assumed command of 16 Air Assault Brigade in December 2002, which deployed as part of Operation Telic, the British contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

On 1 May 2007, Page replaced Dutch Major General Ton van Loon as Regional Command South in Afghanistan for a six-month period. This NATO ISAF command was responsible for southern Afghanistan, where some of the most intensive combat operations against the Taliban took place. Then in 2008 he was appointed General Officer Commanding 6th Division (a new divisional headquarters in York), and in 2009 he was appointed Director Special Forces. Page was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2009 New Year Honours, and went on to be Commander Force Development and Training in February 2012 with the rank of lieutenant general.

References

  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  2. ^ UK Ministry of Defence biography, Operation Telic Archived 25 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). 26 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  4. "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 2.
Military offices
New command General Officer Commanding 6th Division
2008–2009 		Succeeded byNick Carter
Preceded byAdrian Bradshaw Director Special Forces
2009–2012 		Succeeded byMark Carleton-Smith
Preceded byPaul Newton Commander Force Development and Training
2012–2014 		Succeeded byMark Poffley
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