Ed Davis (Royal Marines officer)

Lieutenant General Edward Grant Martin Davis, CB, KStJ, CBE (born 13 February 1963) is a former British senior Royal Marines officer. He was Commandant General Royal Marines from December 2011 to June 2014. He was the Deputy Commander of NATO's Allied Land Command at Izmir, Turkey. He was Governor of Gibraltar from 2016 to 2020.[1]

Lieutenant General Edward Davis CB CBE
Ed Davis in August 2012
Governor of Gibraltar
In office 19 January 2016 – 18 February 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Chief Minister	Fabian Picardo
Preceded by	Sir James Dutton
Succeeded by	Sir David Steel
Personal details
Born	Edward Grant Martin Davis 13 February 1963 Hereford, England
Spouse(s)	Lorraine Davis
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Marines
Years of service	1981–2016
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Commandant General Royal Marines (2011–14) 3 Commando Brigade (2010–11)
Battles/wars	Bosnian War War in Afghanistan
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Knight of the Order of St John Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)

Viceregal styles of Ed Davis (2016-2020)
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency

Early life

Davis was born in Hereford, Herefordshire. He was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and King's College London (MA Defence Studies, 1998).[2]

Military career

Davis was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1981 and joined 40 Commando with whom he undertook a six-month tour in the Falkland Islands and then a six-month tour in Cyprus.[3] In 1996, he attended the Army Command and Staff Course at Staff College, Camberley.[2] In the same year, he became Chief of Staff at the Headquarters of the Combat Service Support Group (UK) in which role he took part in the Bosnian War.[3] He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Commander of the UK’s Amphibious Forces in 2007 and was deployed to Afghanistan as Chief of Joint Effects for ISAF.[3] He was appointed Commander of 3 Commando Brigade in January 2010 and again deployed to Afghanistan – this time as the Commander of Task Force Helmand.[4] He became Commandant General Royal Marines in December 2011.[5]

He was promoted to major general on 10 January 2012, with seniority from 28 November 2011.[6] Davis succeeded Lieutenant General Gordon Messenger as Deputy Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (LANDCOM)-Izmir in July 2014.[7][8] He retired from the Royal Marines in 2016.

Civilian career

On 1 October 2015, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that Davis was the designated Governor of Gibraltar after the resignation of Sir James Dutton.[9]

Honours and awards

• 14 June 1996 – Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) [10]
• 31 December 2005 – Advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours[11]
• 23 March 2012 – Advanced to a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Afghanistan during the period 1 April 2011 to 30 September 2011".[12][13]
• 14 June 2014 – Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[14]
• 5 August 2016 – Appointed a Knight of the Order of St John by Queen Elizabeth II.[15]

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of the Bath (CB)	Companion Military Division 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List
	Order of the British Empire (CBE)	Commander - 23 March 2012 Officer - 2006 New Years Honours List Member - 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List Military Division
	Order of St John (K.StJ)	Knight of Justice 5 August 2016
	NATO Medal for Former Yugoslavia	With Clasp "FORMER YUGOSLAVIA"
	Iraq Medal	With Clasp "19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003"
	Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan	With Clasp "AFGHANISTAN"
	Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal	2002 UK Version of this Medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal	2012 UK Version of this Medal
	Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal	With 1 Clasp
	Legion of Merit	Officer Awarded by the United States of America

References

1. "New Gibraltar governor pledges to ensure sovereignty, safety and success for the Rock". MercoPress. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
2. "Commandant General Royal Marines". Royal Navy. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
3. "Brigade Commander". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "Petraeus visits Royal Marines in Helmand". Defence News. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
5. City brigadier will lead Royal Marines Archived 9 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine This is Plymouth, 5 November 2011.
6. "No. 60025". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 January 2012. p. 285.
7. "Ups and Outs: May 2014". Defence News. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
8. "Commandant General Royal Marines Supersession". Royal Navy. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
9. "Change of Governor of Gibraltar". Gov.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
10. "No. 54427". The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. p. 5.
11. "No. 57855". The London Gazette. 31 December 2005. p. 4.
12. "No. 60095". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 March 2012. p. 5847.
13. "Operational Honours and Awards List". Ministry of Defence. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
14. "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b3.
15. "No. 61667". The London Gazette. 5 August 2016. p. 16991.

External links

• RM Biography