John Chapple

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John Chapple
27 May 1931 -
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Crown Copyright
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1954 - 1992
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands held	1 Bn 2nd Gurkhas 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade Hong Kong UK Land Forces
Awards	GCB, CBE

Field Marshal Sir John Lyon Chapple, GCB, CBE (born 27 May 1931) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.

1 Army career
2 Later career
3 References
4 Further reading

[edit] Army career

Educated at Haileybury College and Trinity College, Cambridge John Chapple was commissioned into the 2nd Gurkhas in 1954: he served with the regiment he served in Malaya, Borneo and Hong Kong^[1].

In 1970 he was appointed Commanding Officer of 1 Battalion 2nd Gurkhas and in 1976 brigade commander of 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade^[2].

In 1981 he was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong returning to the UK in 1983 to be Director of Military Operations. In 1986 he became Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff and was then appointed Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces in 1987. He was Chief of the General Staff from 1989 to 1992 when he retired from the British Army^[2].

[edit] Later career

He was also Governor of Gibraltar from 1993 to 1995 and has served as president of the London Zoological Society and a trustee of the World Wildlife Fund^[3].

[edit] References

^ Heathcote, Anthony p. 85
^ ^a ^b Heathcote, Anthony p. 86
^ Biography at WWF

[edit] Further reading

Heathcote, T.A. (1999). The British Field Marshals 1736-1997. Pen & Sword Books Ltd. ISBN 0-85052-696-5

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Nigel Bagnall	Chief of the General Staff 1989–1992	Succeeded by Sir Peter Inge

Government offices
Preceded by Sir David Reffell	Governor of Gibraltar 1993–1995	Succeeded by Sir Hugo White

v • d • e Chiefs of the General Staff of the British Army

Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff	Sir William Nicholson • Sir John French • Sir Charles Douglas • Sir James Murray • Sir Archibald Murray • Sir William Robertson • Sir Henry Wilson • Lord Cavan • Sir George Milne • Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd • Sir Cyril Deverell • Viscount Gort • Sir Edmund Ironside • Sir John Dill • Sir Alan Brooke • Viscount Montgomery • Sir William Slim • Sir John Harding • Sir Gerald Templer • Sir Francis Festing • Sir Richard Hull

Chiefs of the General Staff	Sir Richard Hull • Sir James Cassels • Sir Geoffrey Baker • Sir Michael Carver • Sir Peter Hunt • Sir Roland Gibbs • Sir Edwin Bramall • Sir John Stanier • Sir Nigel Bagnall • Sir John Chapple • Sir Peter Inge • Sir Charles Guthrie • Sir Roger Wheeler • Sir Michael Walker • Sir Mike Jackson • Sir Richard Dannatt

v • d • e Governors of Gibraltar

	Capture of Gibraltar 1704 Sir George Rooke · Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt · Roger Elliott · Thomas Stanwix Treaty of Utrecht 1713 The Earl of Portmore · Richard Kane · Jasper Clayton · Joseph Sabine · Francis Columbine · William Hargrave · Sir Humphrey Bland · Thomas Fowke · The Lord Tyrawley · The Earl of Home · John Toovey · John Parslow · Edward Cornwallis · Robert Boyd · George Augustus Eliott · Sir Robert Boyd · Charles Rainsford · Charles O'Hara · Charles Barnett · The Duke of Kent · Sir Thomas Trigge · Henry Edward Fox · James Drummond · Sir Hew Dalrymple · James Drummond · Sir John Francis Cradock · John Smith · Alex McKenzie Fraser · Sir Colin Campbell · Sir George Don · The Earl of Chatham · Sir George Don British crown colony 1830 Sir William Houstoun · Sir Alexander George Woodford · Sir Robert Thomas Wilson · Sir Robert William Gardiner · Sir James Fergusson · Sir William John Codrington · Sir Richard Airey · Sir William Williams · The Lord Napier of Magdala · Sir John Miller Adye · Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge · Sir Leicester Smyth · H. R. L. Newdigate · Sir Lothian Nicholson · G.J. Smart · Sir Robert Biddulph · Sir George Stuart White · Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker · Sir Archibald Hunter · Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles · Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien · Sir Charles Monro · Sir Alexander Godley · Sir Charles Harington Harington · Sir Edmund Ironside · Sir Clive Gerard Liddell · The Viscount Gort · Noel Mason-Macfarlane · Sir Noel Mason-Macfarlane · Sir Ralph Eastwood · Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson · Sir George MacMillan · Sir Harold Redman · Sir Charles Keightley · Sir Alfred Dudley Ward · Sir Gerald Lathbury · Sir Varyl Begg · Sir John Grandy · Sir William Jackson · Sir David Williams · Sir Peter Terry · Sir Derek Reffell · Sir John Chapple · Sir Hugo White · Sir Richard Luce · David Durie · David Blunt British overseas territory 2002 Sir Francis Richards · Philip Barton · Sir Robert Fulton