Ed Butler
Edward Adam Butler | |
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Born | 27 February 1962 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Years of service | 1984 – 2008 |
Rank | Brigadier |
Unit | Royal Green Jackets |
Commands held |
22 Special Air Service 16 Air Assault Brigade Task Force Helmand |
Battles/wars |
The Troubles Bosnian War Sierra Leone Civil War War in Afghanistan |
Awards |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |
Brigadier Edward Adam Butler CBE, DSO (born 27 February 1962) is a former British Army officer who commanded Task Force Helmand.
Military career
Educated at Eton College[1] and the University of Exeter,[2] Butler was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in August 1984.[3] He was mentioned in dispatches for his service in Northern Ireland in November 1991,[4] received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for his service in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia in Autumn 1997[5] and received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service again for his service in Sierra Leone in summer 2000.[6]
He became commanding officer of 22 Special Air Service in 2001[7] and commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in 2004, in which role he was deployed as commander of Task Force Helmand in April 2006.[8] He went on to be Chief, Joint Force Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters in December 2006 before retiring in December 2008, citing family reasons.[9]
After leaving the British Army he became Chief Executive of Corporates for Crisis, a business providing advise for companies operating in difficult places,[10] and then chairman of and latterly adviser to S-RM, an intelligence and risk consulting business.[11]
Personal life
Butler is married with two children.[12] He is the son of Sir Adam Butler MP and grandson of Conservative politician Richard Austen "Rab" Butler.[1]
References
- 1 2 Gall, Sandy (2013). War Against the Taliban: Why It All Went Wrong in Afghanistan. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 96.
- ↑ "Profile: Brigadier Ed Butler". The Daily Telegraph. 1 August 2008.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49904. p. 14274. 22 October 1984. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52705. p. 16848. 5 November 1991. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55120. p. 5195. 8 May 1998. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57588. p. 3377. 18 March 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ed Butler". London Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "UK military 'made wrong calculations' on Afghanistan". BBC. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Brigadier Ed Butler: My son told me he didn't want a part-time dad". The Daily Telegraph. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ed Butler". S-RM. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "The NS interview: Ed Butler". New Statesman. 13 August 2009.