James Bashall

Major-General James Ian Bashall CBE is a senior British Army officer who is Chief of Staff, Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters, Northwood.

Military career
Educated at Marlborough College, Bashall was commissioned in to the Parachute Regiment in 1984. By 2002 he had become Commanding Officer of 2nd Bn The Parachute Regiment serving in Afghanistan.

He commanded 1st Mechanized Brigade based in Basra in Southern Iraq during Operation Telic in 2007. He was appointed Director Army Division of the Defence Academy at Shrivenham in January 2009 and went on to be Chief of Joint Force Operations in December 2009: in this capacity he masterminded the covert Special Air Service rescue operations across war-torn Libya in early 2011. He became General Officer Commanding 1st (UK) Armoured Division in April 2011 and Chief of Staff, Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters, Northwood in August 2012.

Honours and decorations