Major-General James Matthew Senior , is a senior

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officer who has served as General Officer Commanding Regional Command since September 2023.

Military career

Having attended the

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, Senior was commissioned in the

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on 14 December 1996 as a subaltern ( second lieutenant) with seniority in that rank from 11 December 1993 and immediately promoted to subaltern (

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) with seniority from 11 December 1995. On 15 January 1999, he transferred to the

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. He was promoted to

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on 17 June 1999. He went on to be commanding officer of the

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. After that, he became commander of

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in August 2021, and General Officer Commanding Regional Command in August 2023. He was appointed a

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in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Senior, James Living people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British Army major generals Year of birth missing (living people) British Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)