Reddy Watt was educated at
Eton College and
Christ Church, Oxford, and was commissioned into the
Welsh Guards in 1972. He passed through the
Staff College, Camberley in 1982, and also completed the
Higher Command and Staff Course. Promoted to
lieutenant colonel on 30 June 1988, he became
commanding officer of the 1st Battalion,
Welsh Guards in 1990. He was promoted to
brigadier on 30 June 1993 and served as commander of the
3rd Infantry Brigade from 1994 to 1995, was appointed a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, and was then made Director of Studies and Deputy
Commandant (Land) of the
Joint Service Command and Staff College in 1997. On 17 August 1998 he was promoted to major general and became
General Officer Commanding the
1st (UK) Armoured Division, which deployed to
Bosnia as Headquarters
Multi-National Division (South-West). Watt became
Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding
London District in 2000, in which capacity he had a significant role in the
funeral of the Queen Mother in 2002. He became
Commander Field Army in 2003, and was knighted as a
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 2004. In 2005 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland: in this role he advocated long-term planning and indicated that such lessons might be applied to Iraq. From 2006 to 2008 he was
Commander-in-Chief, Land Command. He was appointed a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 2008, and retired from the army later that year. ==Later career==