Sandy Storrie

Sandy Storrie
Birth name Alexander James Sanson Storrie
Nickname(s) Sandy
Born 1962 (age 5354)
Exeter, Devon
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1982-
Rank Lieutenant-General
Commands held Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
Battles/wars The Troubles
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant-General Alexander James Sanson "Sandy" Storrie CBE (born 1962) is a British Army officer who serves as Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission.

Military career

Born in Exeter and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, Storrie was commissioned into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment on 3 September 1982.[1][2] He became commanding officer of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in 2002 and led the regiment while serving in Northern Ireland.[3] He went on to be commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 2007 and commanded it in Southern Iraq the following year.[4] After that he became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy) in 2011, Deputy Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in October 2013[5] and Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission in April 2016.[6]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 11 September 2009.[7]

References

  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49156. p. 14268. 1 November 1982.
  3. "Return to Ballykinder 2002-2004". Keep Military Museum. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  4. "Major-General Sandy Storrie". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. "Senior Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. "Lieutenant General Sandy Storrie CBE". NATO. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  7. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59182. p. 15642. 11 September 2009.
Military offices
Preceded by
Tim Radford
Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission
2016–Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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