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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Charles John Waters''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB|CBE}} (born 2 September 1935) is a formerretired [[British Army]] officer who served as [[Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces]] from 1990 to 1993.
 
==ArmyMilitary career==
Educated at [[Oundle School]], John Waters was commissioned into the [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] in February 1956.<ref name=Debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> He was made [[Commandingcommanding Officerofficer]] of the 1st BnBattalion [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] in 1975.<ref name=Debrett/> He was appointed Commandercommander of the [[3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|3rd Infantry Brigade]] in 1979, Deputy Commander of Land Forces in the [[Falklands]] during the [[Falklands War]] in 1982 and [[General Officer Commanding]] [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Armoured Division]] in 1983.<ref name=Debrett/> He went on to be [[Commandantcommandant]] of the [[Staff College, Camberley]], in 1986, [[General Officer Commanding]] [[Northern Ireland]] in 1988 and [[Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces|Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces]] in 1990.<ref name=Debrett/> Finally he was made [[Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe]] from 1993 until 1994 when he retired.<ref name=Debrett/>
 
==Later career==
In retirement heWaters has been Deputy Chairman of the [[National Army Museum]].<ref>[http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/caboff/pb00/pb00-f.pdf Non Departmental Public Bodies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022232245/http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/caboff/pb00/pb00-f.pdf |date=22 October 2007 }} Ministry of Defence</ref> and heHe was also the Honorary Colonel of the [[Royal Wessex Yeomanry]] from 1992 to 1997.<ref>{{ London Gazette | issue = 52792 |page=492 | supp = y | date = 14 January 1992 }}</ref>
 
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{{s-ttl|title=[[HQHeadquarters Northern Ireland|General Officer Commanding theGOC British Army in Northern Ireland]]|years=1988–19901988–1990}}
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