Christopher Tickell

Lieutenant General Christopher Tickell, CBE is a senior British Army officer and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff as of August 2019.

Christopher Tickell
Tickell in 2019
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1983–
RankLieutenant General
UnitRoyal Engineers
Commands heldArmy Recruiting and Training
8 Force Engineer Brigade
23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault)
Battles/warsIraq War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Tickell was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in December 1983.[1] After deployments as a squadron commander in Bosnia and Kosovo, he became commanding officer of 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault) in 2003 and in that role took part in the invasion of Iraq.[1] He went on to be a staff officer in the Directorate of Training in May 2005 and commander of 8 Force Engineer Brigade in November 2007 and in that role was deployed to Afghanistan.[1]

He became Director of the Army Division at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in December 2009, Director-General of the Army Recruiting and Training Division in August 2013,[2] and Director Capability in November 2016.[1] Tickell was promoted to lieutenant general on 12 August 2019 and assumed the duties of Deputy Chief of the General Staff that same date.[3][4]

References
  1. "Major General C L Tickell CBE" (PDF). Land Forces Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. Mackie, Colin (2014-12-27). "Gulabin – Army Commands, 1900–2014" (PDF). Colin Mackie's website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  3. "Appointments". Soldier Magazine. 1 April 2019. p. 56. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. "No. 62738". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 August 2019. p. 14447.
Military offices
Preceded by
Dickie Davis		 Director-General, Army Recruiting and Training
2013–2016		 Succeeded by
Tim Hyams
Preceded by
Sir Nick Pope		 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
2019–		 Incumbent
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