Major General Chris Ghika CBE Portrait Sitting

Major General Chris Ghika CBE Portrait Sitting (London 2021) (Rory Lewis Photographer 2019)

The Major-General commanding the Household Division commands the Household Division of the British Army. He is also General Officer Commanding London District. The Major- General has sole responsibility for the Service aspect of all State and ceremonial occasions within London District, having executive command of the Household Division and of any other units brought into London for ceremonial purposes and is the main channel of communication between the Household Division and the Monarch. He or she is appointed by The Queen, and will previously have commanded a Regiment or Battalion within the Household Division.

Major General Chris Ghika CBE Portrait Sitting (London 2021) (Rory Lewis Photographer 2019)

Major General Chris Ghika CBE Portrait Sitting (London 2021) (Rory Lewis Photographer 2019)

The incumbent Major General Christopher Ghika CBE is a senior British Army officer who was the deputy commander of the US-led military coalition against ISIS, the Combined Joined Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, until 2019.

Ghika was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1993, upon completing the commissioning course at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. After various field and staff roles, he became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards in 2010. He was deployed as the head of a battlegroup, as a Lieutenant Colonel, to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He later went on to be Deputy Commander of the 1st (US) Infantry Division in 2014, Head of Personnel Capability in the Army Headquarters in September 2015, and Deputy Commander Strategy and Information of Combined Joined Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve in 2018.

He was appointed Major-General commanding the Household Division on 15 November 2019. In June 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, he was responsible for the modified Trooping the Colour ceremony at Windsor Castle.

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