Jack Deverell

General Sir John Freeguard Deverell (born 27 April 1945) is a British Army officer who was Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe from 2001 to 2004.

Military career Deverell was born in Birmingham, the son of Harold James Frank Deverell and Joan Beatrice Carter. Educated at King Edward's School, Bath and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Deverell was commissioned into the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry in 1966. He was selected as commanding officer of 3rd Bn The Light Infantry in 1984, serving in the UK including in Northern Ireland, before moving on to be Director of Staff at Royal Military College of Science in 1986. In 1995 he became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2015.