Timothy Tyler

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Timothy Tyler
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Years of service 1972-2008
Rank Major-General
Battles/wars Iraq War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

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

Military career

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

  1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45809. p. 12513. 24 October 1972. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  2. Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War Oxford University
  3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57297. p. 6504. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57881. p. 989. 24 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58912. p. 19636. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57571. p. 2471. 1 March 2005. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  7. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57807. p. 14370. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  8. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59231. p. 18945. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
Military offices
Preceded by Quartermaster-General to the Forces
2006–2007
Succeeded by
Dick Applegate