Shaun Burley


Shaun Burley

Born (1962-03-04) 4 March 1962 (age 63)
Shipston on Stour, United Kingdom
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch British Army
Service years1982 –
RankMajor-General
Commands8 Force Engineer Brigade
Theatre Troops
ConflictsAfghanistan War
Iraq War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Shaun Alex Burley, CB, MBE (born 4 March 1962) is a British Army officer who served as Military Secretary.

Military career

Burley was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1982.[1] He became Commander of 8 Force Engineer Brigade (undertaking work at Camp Bastion and then in Basra) as well as Commander Royal Engineers for the Field Army before being appointed Chief of Staff at the Land Warfare Centre.[2] After a tour as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Organisation in Headquarters Land Command, he went on to be Assistant Commandant (Land) at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in December 2009[3] and General Officer Commanding, Theatre Troops in 2011.[4] He became Military Secretary in March 2013.[5]

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