Major-General  Martin John Rutledge CB

Order of the Bath

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 OBE

Order of the British Empire

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 is a British Army

British Army

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 officer who commands 5th Division.

Military career

Educated at Oxford University and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

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, Rutledge was commissioned into the 9th/12th Royal Lancers

9th/12th Royal Lancers

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 in 1973. He became Commanding Officer

Commanding officer

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 of his regiment in 1994. He was appointed Director, Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Armoured Corps

The Royal Armoured Corps is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army...

 in 2002, Chief of Staff to the Adjutant General's Corps

Adjutant General's Corps

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 in 2005 and Kosovo

Kosovo

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 Protection Corps Co-ordinator in 2007 before becoming General Officer Commanding

General Officer Commanding

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 5th Division in 2008. He is due to retire in 2012 and will become Chief Executive of ABF - The Soldiers' Charity.