serviceyears monarch branch allegiance nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater commands battles term_start rank name predecessor unit awards office nickname successor article_title
1972 -- 2008 elizabeth ii united kingdom united kingdom british 29 june 1951 28 october 2010 royal military academy sandhurst adjutant-general commander , royal artillery 3rd division 3rd regiment royal horse to artillery the forces multi-national division -lrb- south-west -rrb- bosnian war iraq war 30 april 2009 lieutenant general sir freddie viggers sir michael willcocks royal artillery knight of the order of st michael and st george member commander of the order of the british empire queen 's commendation of for valuable service the order of the bath companion gentleman usher of the black rod freddie david leakey freddie viggers

freddie viggers

lieutenant general sir frederick richard `` freddie '' viggers -lrb- born 29 june 1951 -rrb- is a former senior british army officer , who served as adjutant-general to the forces immediately prior to his retirement in 2008 .
he served as gentleman usher of the black rod from 30 april 2009 to 28 october 2010 .
he also served in bosnia in the aftermath of the breakup of yugoslavia , and in the iraq war .
