Paul Jaques
{{Short description|British Army officer}}
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Lieutenant General Paul William Jaques, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|CBE}} is a senior British Army officer, who served as Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Military career
Jaques was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) on 6 August 1983.{{London Gazette|issue=49496|supp=y|page=12945|date=4 October 1983}} He became commander of the 101st Logistic Brigade in December 2005,{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Senior Army appointments|accessdate=24 March 2016}} and saw action in that role in the Iraq War.{{cite web|url=http://teamarmy.org/about/trustees/|title=Our trustees|publisher=Team Army|accessdate=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112003611/http://teamarmy.org/about/trustees/|archive-date=12 November 2016|url-status=dead}} He went on to be Head of Capability and Expeditionary Logistics in April 2008,{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmpubacc/860/860we02.htm|title=The Management of the Typhoon project|accessdate=24 March 2016}} Head of Equipment Planning to the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability) in July 2011,{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceviewpoints.co.uk/tag/service-appointments|title=Service Appointments|publisher=Defence viewpoints|accessdate=24 March 2016}} and Director Land Equipment at Defence Equipment and Support in December 2013. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=60534|supp=y|page=5|date=15 June 2013}}
Jaques was promoted to lieutenant general on 8 March 2016,{{London Gazette|issue=61545|supp=y|page=7739|date=5 April 2016}} and made Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces that same year. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=62666|page=B2|supp=y|date=8 June 2019}} Jaques retired from the Regular Army on 7 December 2019.{{London Gazette |issue=62850 |date=10 December 2019 |page=22294 |supp=y}}
Jaques was Master General REME from April 2017 to March 2023.{{cite web|url=https://remeconnect.org/corps/key-personalities/mg-reme/|title=REME Connect: Master General|accessdate=29 May 2022}}{{London Gazette|issue=64276|date=2 January 2024 |page=26495|supp=y}}
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Category:British Army lieutenant generals
Category:British Army personnel of the Gulf War
Category:British Army personnel of the Iraq War
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire