Zachary Stenning

Major-General Zachary Raymond Stenning, OBE is a senior British Army officer who has been serving as the Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst since August 2022.

Zachary Stenning
Stenning in 2017
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1995 – Present
RankMajor-General
Commands held1st Armoured Infantry Brigade
Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Battles/warsIraq War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Stenning was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 4 September 1995.[1][2] He was transferred to the Green Howards on 1 August 1996.[3] He became chief of staff of 3rd (United Kingdom) Division in October 2013, and commander of 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade in September 2016.[4] He was promoted to major general on 29 July 2022, and was appointed Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in August 2022.[5][6]

Stenning received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the former Yugoslavia in 1997.[7] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services in Iraq in July 2008[8] and advanced to Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services in Afghanistan in 2013.[9]

References
  1. "No. 54147". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 September 1995. p. 12053.
  2. "No. 54160". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 September 1995. p. 12682.
  3. "No. 54539". The London Gazette. 30 September 1996. p. 13012.
  4. "Senior Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. "No. 63787". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 August 2022. p. 15558.
  6. "Inaugural Inspirational Leadership Talk: Brigadier Zac Stenning OBE". Entrepreneurship Lab, King's College Cambridge. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  7. "No. 54969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 December 1997. p. 13691.
  8. "No. 58776". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 July 2008. p. 11244.
  9. "No. 60456". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 March 2013. p. 5737.
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