19 Facts About Graeme Lamb

Graeme Lamb is a former Commander of the Field Army at Land Command, known for his contributions to counter-insurgency.

Graeme Lamb has served in Northern Ireland and in various theatres of war, including Bosnia.

Graeme Lamb was promoted lieutenant on 8 September 1974, captain on 8 March 1979, and in 1981 he was Mentioned in Despatches for service in Northern Ireland.

Graeme Lamb was promoted lieutenant colonel on 30 December 1990, and commanded the 1st Battalion the Queen's Own Highlanders from 1991 to 1993.

Graeme Lamb was promoted colonel on 30 June 1994, and brigadier on 30 June 1996, when he was appointed commander of the 5th Airborne Brigade.

Graeme Lamb then went on to join the staff of the Joint Services Command and Staff College.

In 2005 Graeme Lamb became Director-General, Training Support and on 7 September 2006 he was deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq and promoted to lieutenant general.

In relation to this role, Graeme Lamb gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry on 9 December 2009, in which he spoke of the shortcomings of the Coalition Provisional Authority.

Graeme Lamb became Commander Field Army on 19 October 2007, and on 6 November received the honorary appointment of Colonel Commandant, Small Arms School Corps.

Graeme Lamb was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours.

Graeme Lamb stepped down as Commander, Field Army on 6 July 2009, to be succeeded by Barney White-Spunner.

Graeme Lamb stepped down as Colonel Commandant of the Small Arms School Corps on 13 November 2009, and officially retired from the British Army the following day, retaining a commission in the Reserve of Officers.

Graeme Lamb again joined General Stan McChrystal lecturing for the course, Gateway to Global Affairs, at Yale University in 2011.

Graeme Lamb serves as a "special adviser" to strategic advisory firm G3 and as director to private military company Aegis Defence Services.

Graeme Lamb represented Sandhurst at modern pentathlon; won the army bobsleigh championship in 1975, coming fifth in the British national championship and 31st in the Nations Cup; and is chairman of the army snowboarding association.

Graeme Lamb has been described as being "obsessively fit" and craving "adrenalin".

Graeme Lamb is well known for having achieved very close working relationships with various US commanders, including McChrystal.

Graeme Lamb has been credited with having exercised substantial influence over the evolution of counter-insurgency in Iraq from 2006 onwards.

Graeme Lamb has always acknowledged the importance of targeted force in warfare; Graeme Lamb has been quoted as describing McChrystal's forces in Iraq as being "absolutely essential to setting the conditions that allowed the Awakening to move forward".