Ivan Jones

Lieutenant General Ivan Bartholomew Leonard Jones CB (born September 1966) is a British Army officer.

Military career

Jones was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 7 September 1986 and transferred to the Royal Engineers on 26 October 1988. He was appointed commanding officer of 26 Engineer Regiment and, in that role, saw active service in Afghanistan in 2007, for he received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in 2008.

He became Commander 8th Force Engineer Brigade in October 2011, Chief of Joint Force Operations from September 2013 and Chief of Staff, Field Army in November 2015. He went on to be Director-General, Army Personnel in May 2018 and Commander Field Army, with the substantive rank of lieutenant general, in March 2019.

Jones was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2018 Birthday Honours.