George Norton
| Sir George Norton | |
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Norton in 2010
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| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1984 – |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
Household Division London District 38th (Irish) Brigade 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards |
| Battles/wars |
Operation Banner War in Afghanistan |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service Bronze Star (United States) |
Lieutenant General Sir George Pemberton Ross Norton KCVO, CBE is a British Army officer. He is the UK Military Representative to NATO.
Educated at Radley and St John's College, Cambridge and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Norton was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards on 1 July 1984. Promoted to captain on 27 November 1987, he attended the Military Academy of the German Armed Forces in Hamburg in 1993 before being promoted to major on 30 September 1994.
Norton was deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina as Military Assistant to the Chief of Staff within Headquarters IFOR in 1997 for which he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year Honours. Promoted to lieutenant colonel on 30 June 2000, he joined the directing staff at the Joint Services Command and Staff College that year and then became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards in 2002. Promoted to colonel on 30 June 2004, he was deployed to Afghanistan as Director Plans and Policy within the Combined Forces Command Afghanistan during that year.
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