Celia Harvey


Celia Harvey

Major General Harvey in 2020
Born1962/63
Leicester, England
AllegianceBritish Army
Service / branchWomen's Royal Army Corps & Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Years of service1987–2022
RankMajor General
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Queen's Volunteer Reserves Medal
Efficiency Decoration
Volunteer Reserve Service Medal

Celia Jane Harvey OBE QVRM TD VR (née Plummer; born c. 1962) is a British soldier and academic. She has served in the Territorial Army since joining the Women's Royal Army Corps in 1987. Harvey transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1991. She was promoted to major general in March 2020 and became deputy commander Field Army.[1][2][3][4] Harvey stood for election to parliament as a Conservative Party candidate in 2010 in the Leicester West seat and came second to Liz Kendall. She is a lecturer in business studies and has published several academic papers.

  1. ^ WO2 Barnes (11 March 2020). "First UK female Army Reservist to become a General Officer appointed".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Joint Service Publication 761. Medals Worn: OBE, Queen’s Volunteer Service Medal, Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, Territorial Efficiency Medal & Volunteer Reserve Service Medal.
  3. ^ British Post-WW2 to Present Operational Service & Campaign Medals.
  4. ^ Ministry of Defence (9 January 2020). "A decade of deployments: 2010 to 2020". Medium. Retrieved 9 March 2021.