Bruce Brealey
Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Bruce Brealey Companion of the Order of the Bath, CB (born 8 February 1959) is a British Army officer who served as Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps – Iraq from 2007 to 2008. Military career Educated at St Olave's Grammar School in Orpington, Brealey was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1984. He became Commander, Royal Artillery in December 2002, Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans at the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence in January 2005 and Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps – Iraq in October 2007.Senior Army Appointments
He went on to be General Officer Commanding, Theatre Troops in November 2008 and Director-General, Capability in November 2011. He was made a companion of ...
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkhas, and 28,330 volunteer reserve personnel. The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term ''British Army'' was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. The Brit ...
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