Jacko Page
{{Short description|Retired British Army officer}}
{{for|the rugby player|Jacko Page (rugby union)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
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|caption= Page in 2007
|nickname= Jacko
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1959|02|25|df=y}}
|birth_place= Norwich, Norfolk, England
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= British Army
|serviceyears= 1981–2014
|rank= Lieutenant General
|servicenumber= 512953
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|commands= Director Special Forces (2009–2012)
6th Division (2008–2009)
|battles= Falklands War
Gulf War
Bosnian War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
|awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service
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Lieutenant General Jonathan David "Jacko" Page, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|OBE}} (born 25 February 1959) is a retired senior British Army officer.
Early life
Military career
Page commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1981.[http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/biogs_old.htm UK Ministry of Defence biography, Operation Telic] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525100759/http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/biogs_old.htm |date=25 May 2009 }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |title=Army Commands |date=26 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |archivedate= 4 March 2016 }} Page was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2009 New Year Honours,{{London Gazette |issue=58929 |date=31 December 2008 |page=2 |supp=y }} and went on to be Commander Force Development and Training in February 2012 with the rank of lieutenant general.
References
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{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding 6th Division|years=2008–2009}}
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{{s-bef|before=Adrian Bradshaw}}
{{s-ttl|title=Director Special Forces|years=2009–2012}}
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{{s-bef|before=Paul Newton}}
{{s-ttl|title=Commander Force Development and Training|years=2012–2014}}
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Category:British Army lieutenant generals
Category:British Army personnel of the Falklands War
Category:British Army personnel of the Gulf War
Category:British Army personnel of the Iraq War
Category:British Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Category:British Parachute Regiment officers
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Recipients of the Commendation for Valuable Service