Timothy Tyler

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Timothy Tyler
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1972-2008
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsIraq War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Timothy Nicholas Tyler CB is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career[edit]

Tim Tyler was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1972.[1]

In 2003 he was selected to be Deputy Commander of the Iraq Survey Group, a team which had the onerous task of searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.[2]

In 2004 he was appointed Deputy Adjutant-General[3] and in 2006 he was appointed Director-General Logistics (Land) and then Director-General Land Equipment as well as Quartermaster-General to the Forces.[4] He retired in 2008.[5]

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from 1 March 2005,[6] and the Corps of Army Music from 1 October 2005[7] to 31 October 2009.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 45809". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1972. p. 12513.
  2. ^ Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War Oxford University
  3. ^ "No. 57297". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 May 2004. p. 6504.
  4. ^ "No. 57881". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 January 2006. p. 989.
  5. ^ "No. 58912". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 December 2008. p. 19636.
  6. ^ "No. 57571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 March 2005. p. 2471.
  7. ^ "No. 57807". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 November 2005. p. 14370.
  8. ^ "No. 59231". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 November 2009. p. 18945.
Military offices
Preceded by Quartermaster-General to the Forces
2006–2007
Succeeded by