Ed Butler

Edward Adam Butler
Born (1962-02-27) 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. 1 2 Gall, Sandy (2013). War Against the Taliban: Why It All Went Wrong in Afghanistan. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 96.
  2. ↑ "Profile: Brigadier Ed Butler". The Daily Telegraph. 1 August 2008.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49904. p. 14274. 22 October 1984. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52705. p. 16848. 5 November 1991. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55120. p. 5195. 8 May 1998. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57588. p. 3377. 18 March 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ed Butler". London Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "UK military 'made wrong calculations' on Afghanistan". BBC. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Ed Butler". S-RM. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "The NS interview: Ed Butler". New Statesman. 13 August 2009.
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