Ashley Truluck

Ashley Truluck
Born (1947-12-07) 7 December 1947 (age 77)
Pembrokeshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1968–2001
RankMajor General
CommandsRoyal School of Signals
3rd Armoured Divisional Signal Regiment
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Other workHigh Sheriff of Wiltshire (2020–21)

Major General Ashley Ernest George Truluck, CB, CBE (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,[1] the son of Major George William Truluck of the Royal Artillery, and his wife Elizabeth Kitchener.[2] After graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in December 1968, Truluck was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals.[3] 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,[4] having served around the world in communications and intelligence, and with army aviation.[5] He was commander of the Royal School of Signals from 1990 to 1993,[4] and was later on the General Staff.[5] In his final years in the army, Truluck's main role was in programme management, implementing the restructuring of the British Army and NATO.[6] 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.[4] He was promoted to the substantive rank of major-general on 28 April 1998.[7]

Truluck retired from the army in 2001 as a major general,[8] and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2001 Birthday Honours.[9]

Later career

After the army, Truluck worked in both the public and private sectors.[6] He was Chief Executive of the London Courts Authority from 2001 to 2003, at the same time chairing the London Criminal Justice Board; Strategic Consultant with Bell Labs (USA) and IBM (UK) from 2003 to 2005; Chairman of the Defence Information Management Study at the Ministry of Defence from 2005 to 2006; National Programme Director, Fire & Rescue Communications, at the Department of Communities and Local Government from 2007 to 2010; Strategic Adviser, Defence & National Security, at IBM, from 2010 to 2013.[4]

Truluck is now a consultant, with Kerykeion Management Services, formerly ATA (Ashley Truluck Associates), providing advice to commercial, charitable, and public service organizations.[4] He has also been head of an offshore sailing association, Chairman of the Wiltshire Community Foundation,[6] and is chairman of the Society for Army Historical Research.[5]

In November 2017, the Privy Council nominated Truluck as a potential High Sheriff of Wiltshire and,[10] on 25 March 2020, he was sworn into office as High Sheriff.[11][8] In March 2021 he was succeeded by Sir Charles Hobhouse.[12]

Private life

Truluck married Jennifer J. Bell in Wensleydale in 1976.[13] They have one son and one daughter,[2] and live in the Chalke Valley, having previously lived near Amesbury, Swindon, and Salisbury, all in Wiltshire.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ “Truluck Ashley E / Kitchen Pembroke 8c 563a” in General Index to Births in England and Wales, 1947
  2. ^ a b ”Truluck, Maj. Gen. Ashley Ernest George” in Who's Who 2020 online, accessed 27 April 2020 (subscription required)
  3. ^ The London Gazette, 18 January 1969 (Supplement), p. 1000
  4. ^ a b c d e Ashley Truluck at linkedin.com, accessed 27 April 2020
  5. ^ a b c Major General Ashley Truluck CB CBE at theculturalexperience.com, accessed 27 April 2020
  6. ^ a b c d Ashley Truluck CB at wiltshirecf.org.uk, accessed 27 April 2020
  7. ^ "No. 55253". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 September 1998. p. 9955.
  8. ^ a b Major-General Ashley Truluck succeeds David Scott as the Sovereign's representative for the county at gazetteandherald.co.uk, 26 March 2020, accessed 27 April 2020
  9. ^ "No. 56237". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 2001. pp. 1–27.
  10. ^ The London Gazette, Notice 2895202 (Privy Council Office), 14 November 2017
  11. ^ This had been planned to happen at a ceremony in the Salisbury Guildhall, with more than 120 people in attendance, but due to the COVID-19 restrictions other arrangements had to be made, so Truluck made his declaration of acceptance of office via Zoom.
  12. ^ "No. 63290". The London Gazette. 11 March 2021. p. 4778.
  13. ^ ”TRULUCK Ashley E / BELL Jennifer J / WENSLEYDALE 2 1778” in General Index to Marriages in England and Wales, 1976