12 Facts About Robert Fry

In 1989, Robert Fry was appointed Chief of staff, HQ 3 Commando Brigade, and subsequently took part in Operation Haven in Northern Iraq.

Robert Fry was appointed Commandant General Royal Marines in 2001, and a year later he took up the job of Commander United Kingdom Amphibious Forces, in which capacity he deployed as the UK Maritime Component Commander for operations in the Gulf.

Robert Fry assumed the post of Chief of Staff at the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood in May 2002 and remained in the job throughout the planning for and conduct of operations against Iraq.

Robert Fry took over the job of Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in July 2003.

In 2004, the Chiefs of Staff Committee directed Robert Fry to develop a plan to support NATO and switch British forces from Iraq to Afghanistan, where they had been involved since 2001.

Robert Fry was deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq in March 2006 and retired in 2007.

Robert Fry remains an advisor to HP and a number of other companies in the defence and banking sectors.

Robert Fry is a visiting professor at Reading University, a visiting fellow at Oxford University and a visiting professor at King's College London Department of War Studies.

Robert Fry is a member the Royal United Services Institute executive council and a trustee of Help for Heroes.

Early on in his career Robert Fry was Mentioned in Despatches and appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Robert Fry is married to Liz and they have two daughters.

Robert Fry maintains his military links as colonel of the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, and is a Freeman of the City of London and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers.