Stewart served in the Ministry of Defence , and was second-in-command of an infantry battalion . He was promoted lieutenant colonel on 31 December 1987 , and served as a military attaché to the NATO military committee in Brussels . In March 1991 he assumed command of the 1st Battalion , Cheshire Regiment , and as commanding officer returned to Northern Ireland for a further two operational tours and then became the first British Commander of United Nations forces in Bosnia from September 1992 to May 1993 . It was as commanding officer in Bosnia , as part of Operation Grapple , that he earned the nickname " Bosnia Bob " and became something of a media personality . During his time in Bosnia he discovered the Ahmići massacre in which 103 people had been killed . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 12 June 1993 on his return to the United Kingdom . He was promoted colonel on 31 December 1993 , and went on to take up the position of Chief of Policy at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe , before officially retiring from the army on 1 February 1996
Ahmići massacre
Ahmići massacre
Bob Stewart (politician)