Major General Phillip David Prosser

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is a British Army officer and engineer, who currently serves as Director Joint Support, UK

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. He previously served in the

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, and was commander of 101 Logistic Brigade based in Aldershot. During the

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, Prosser was head of the Army's Operation Iron Viper to help Britain's

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administer vaccines against the coronavirus.

Early life and education

Phillip Prosser is from

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, Wales. He was educated at Bryngwyn Comprehensive School before attending

Welbeck College Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College (stylised as Welbeck – The Defence Sixth Form College), formerly named and often referred to as simply Welbeck College, was an independent, selective sixth form college in Leicestershire, England. While run ...

in Nottinghamshire where he completed his A Levels. Prosser then attended the

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academy, military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial Commissioned officer, officer train ...

where he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1992. He later attended The Royal Military College of Science at

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gaining a degree in mechanical engineering. He later completed an

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from the Open University. He is a chartered

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Career

Major General Prosser was the former commander of the British Army's 101 Logistic Brigade. He was commissioned in the

in 1992 and completed operational tours of

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and

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. In 2010-11 he attended the Advanced Command Staff Course for military officers tipped for senior leadership roles. He helped to distribute PPE to hospitals during the first coronavirus lockdown in March 2020. In 2021 he was appointed head of the Army's Operation Iron Viper to help Britain's

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administer

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during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. He was appointed

in the

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. Brigadier Prosser was promoted to Major General on 13 February 2023, as he took up the position as Director Joint Support at United Kingdom Strategic Command. He was appointed a Colonel-Commandant of the

on 1 June 2025.

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