Roddy Cordy-Simpson

Lieutenant General Sir Roderick Alexander "Roddy" Cordy-Simpson, KBE, CB, DL (born 29 February 1944) is a retired British Army officer.

Sir Roddy Cordy-Simpson
Born	(1944-02-29) 29 February 1944 (age 81)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Years of service	1966–present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	1st (UK) Armoured Division
Battles / wars	Bosnian War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Educated at Radley College,^[1] Roddy Cordy-Simpson was commissioned into the 13th/18th Hussars in February 1966.^[2] He was deployed to Bosnia as chief of staff of the United Nations Protection Force in 1992,^[3][4] for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in June 1993,^[5] and became General Officer Commanding 1st (UK) Armoured Division in 1994.^[6] He was deployed to Bosnia again in December 1996,^[7] as Deputy Force Commander Operations for the Stabilisation Force (SFOR).^[8] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year Honours.^[9]

In March 2001 Cordy-Simpson was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London,^[10] leaving that role in March 2004.^[11] Having settled at Bishopstrow in Wiltshire, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2004.^[12] He was Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 2016 to 2019.^[13][14][15]