Oct 01 - New Governor For Gibraltar Announced

Written by YGTV Team on 01 October 2015.

Lieutenant-General Edward Davis CB CBE has been appointed as Governor of Gibraltar and Commander-in-Chief to succeed Lieutenant-General Sir James Benjamin Dutton KCB CBE. 

Lieutenant-General Edward Davis will take up his appointment in early 2016. Mrs Alison MacMillan MVO will assume the functions of Governor of Gibraltar until Lieutenant-General Edward Davis formally takes up his appointment. 

He currently serves as the Deputy Commander of NATO Land Forces in the rank of Lieutenant General, based in Turkey. For more information about his previous posts, see below:

Full name:                                Lieutenant-General Edward Grant Martin Davis CB CBE                                           

Married to:                               Lorraine Davis

2014 – present                        Deputy Commander of NATO Land Forces in the rank of Lieutenant General, based in Turkey

2011 – 2014                            Commandant General of the Royal Marines and UK Amphibious Forces

2010 – 2011                            Commander 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines (concurrent with Commander UK Task Force Helmand Afghanistan 

2007 – 2010                            Chief of Staff of UK Special Forces

2007                                        Chief of Assurance in NATO Headquarters Afghanistan

2004 – 2007                            Ministry of Defence, Director, Special Projects Capability Acquisition

2002 – 2004                            Commanding Officer of the Special Boat Services

1982 – 2002                            Junior Regimental Command & Headquarters Staff Appointments

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