Ashley Truluck

Major General Ashley Ernest George Truluck, (born 7 December 1947) is a retired British Army officer and administrator who served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 2020 to 2021.

Career Truluck was born in Pembrokeshire on 7 December 1947, the son of Major George William Truluck of the Royal Artillery, and his wife Elizabeth Kitchener. After graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in December 1968, Truluck was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals. In 1970, he transferred to the Brigade of Gurkhas and, in 1975, was posted back to the Royal Corps of Signals. By 1988, he was commanding officer of the 3rd Armoured Divisional Signal Regiment, having served around the world in communications and intelligence, and with army aviation. In his final years in the army, Truluck's main role was in programme management, implementing the restructuring of the British Army and NATO. He was Director of Staff Operations, UK Land Forces from 1994 to 1996; Director of the Attack Helicopter Programme at the Ministry of Defence from 1997 to 1998; and Director General, Command Structure (ACOS) at NATO from 1998 to 2000.

Truluck retired from the army in 2001 as a major general, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2001 Birthday Honours.

Later career After the army, Truluck worked in both the public and private sectors. on 25 March 2020, he was sworn into office as High Sheriff.

Private life Truluck married Jennifer J. Bell in Wensleydale in 1976. They have one son and one daughter, and live in the Chalke Valley, having previously lived near Amesbury, Swindon, and Salisbury, all in Wiltshire.