James Chiswell

Major-General James Robert Chiswell CBE, MC (born 29 March 1964) is a British Army officer who current commands 1st Armoured Division.

He was educated at Allhallows College and King's College London (MA, Defence Studies).

Military career
Chiswell was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1983. He took part on Operation Barras in Sierra Leone in September 2000 and was awarded the Military Cross.

He became Commanding officer of 2nd Bn Parachute Regiment in 2004 and led his battalion in Iraq. He was then sent to Permanent Joint Headquarters, Northwood as Assistant Chief of Staff with responsibility for current operations. He went on to be Liaison Officer to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington D. C. in 2008 and Commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in December 2008 seeing service as Commander Task Force Hellmand when the brigade was deployed to Afghanistan. He became General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division in October 2012.