Gerald Strickland (British Army officer)

Major General Gerald Mark Strickland, DSO, MBE is a senior British Army officer.

Strickland was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles on 3 September 1989.

[4] He undertook a tour in Afghanistan as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles in Helmand Province in 2010,[5] for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

[6] He went on to become commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East in May 2015,[7] Head of Operations (Military) at the Ministry of Defence in January 2017, and Deputy Commanding General-Support, III Corps and Fort Hood in May 2019.

[8] After that he was General Officer Commanding 6th (United Kingdom) Division from September 2021 to July 2023.