Jonathon Riley

Jonathon Riley CB, DSO ( born January 16, 1955 in Yorkshire ) is a historian and former officer in the British Army; last rank Lieutenant - General. He was General Officer Commanding (GOC ) of the Multi- National Division (South - East) in Iraq and deputy commander of ISAF.

Life

Riley attended St. Mary 's School in Beverley and Kingston Grammar School in London. Then he studied geography at University College London. He earned his master's degree in history from the University of Leeds and his Ph.D. at Cranfield University. From 1971 to 2009 he was a soldier in the Royal Welch Fusiliers of the British Army. The officer was working abroad in Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan. He has received, among others the Legion of Merit of the United States.

Writings

  • History of the Queen's, 1959-1970 (1984 )
  • From Pole to Pole: Life of Quintin Riley, 1905-80 (1987 )
  • The Monitor Mission in the Balkans (1992 )
  • Soldiers of the Queen: The History of the Queen 's Regiment 1966-1992 (1993 )
  • White Dragon: The Royal Welch Fusiliers in Bosnia (editor) (1995 )
  • Napoleon and the World War of 1813 (2000)
  • Regimental Records of The Royal Welch Fusiliers, Vol VI 1945-1969 and 1970-2000 Vol VII (2001)
  • The Life and Campaigns of General Hughie Stockwell: From Norway, through Burma, to Suez ( 2007)
  • Napoleon as a General: Command from the Battlefield to Grand Strategy (2007)
  • That Astonishing Infantry: The History of the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689-2006 (2008)
  • Decisive Battles: From Yorktown to Operation Desert Storm ( 2010)
  • Up to Mametz - and Beyond (editor ) (2010 )
  • A Matter of Honour. The Life, Campaigns and generalship of Isaac Brock (2011)
  • Military historian
  • General Staff Officer (United Kingdom)
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath
  • Support of the Distinguished Service Order
  • Of the Order Legion of Merit ( Officer )
  • Briton
  • Born in 1955
  • Man
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