Lieutenant General Roly Walker DSO Contents
Biography
Lieutenant General Roly Walker was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1993 before joining the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment in 1997. He then exchanged his commission to the Grenadier Guards in 2009, before being promoted into the General Staff in 2011. His last appointment was as Director Special Forces. He took up his current position as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations) at the
MOD on promotion in April 2021.
His operational service includes numerous deployments and tours in Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. On the staff he has served in brigade, divisional, UK Special Forces (
As part of his outreach efforts to international community members, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Libya, and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ján Kubiš paid a visit to London yesterday and met with high-level British officials.
He held a meeting with the Rt. Hon. James Cleverly, Minister for the Middle East & North Africa in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, to discuss the progress made so far in the peace process in Libya, including the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum Roadmap. Special Envoy Kubiš and Mr. Cleverly emphasized the importance of holding the national election on 24 December as set out by the LPDF Roadmap and the swift withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya. The Special Envoy also met with Mr. George Hodgson, Head of North Africa Department at FCDO, his deputy Ms. Rosy Cave and other officials of the ministry.
The mother of a Grenadier Guard has shared her pride after her son was chosen to be one of the pallbearers that carried Prince Philip s coffin at his funeral on Saturday.
Dan Coghlan was one of the soldiers tasked with transporting the Duke of Edinburgh s coffin to a custom-built Land Rover that then carried the Duke to St George s Chapel in Windsor ahead of his funeral service and burial.
Members of the Royal Marines then carried the coffin up to the West Steps of the chapel.
The Guardsman s mother, Dawn Monk, took to Facebook to share a photo of her son carrying the coffin and shared her pride.