Celia Harvey

Celia Jane Harvey OBE QVRM TD VR (née Plummer; born c. 1962) is a British soldier and academic.

[1][2][3][4] Harvey stood for election to parliament as a Conservative Party candidate in 2010 in the Leicester West seat and came second to Liz Kendall.

[9] With the disbandment of WRAC and integration of women into the main army Plummer transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 1 April 1991, by which time she held the acting rank of captain.

[13] She was awarded the Efficiency Decoration for twelve years' service in the TA on 24 August 1999 and promoted to lieutenant colonel on 1 January 2001.

[6] Harvey then worked as an instructor at the Joint Services Command and Staff College and was promoted to colonel on 1 March 2005.

[24][23] On 4 June 2019 the then Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt announced that Harvey would be promoted to the rank of major general and appointed deputy commander Field Army in March 2020.