Giles Hill

Lieutenant General Giles Patrick Hill CBE is a British Army officer who was the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Defence Engagement).

Giles Hill
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1990-
RankLieutenant General
Commands held1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment
16 Air Assault Brigade
1st (UK) Armoured Division
Battles/warsIraq War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Educated at Lawnswood School in Leeds, Hill served as a reservist with 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment before he was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1990.[1] He commanded A Company of 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment during Operation Telic in Iraq and then became commander officer of 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.[1] Hill went on to be Commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in May 2011,[2] Deputy Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in 2013[3] and General Officer Commanding 1st (United Kingdom) Division in April 2015.[4] He became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Defence Engagement) in April 2017.[5] Hill was promoted to lieutenant general on 19 October 2019 and assumed the appointment of Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission.[6]

Hill was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[7]

References
  1. "Homecoming of a Yorkshire general". The Press. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  3. "British Paras form elite force with US". Daily Express. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. "York gets a new major general". Northern Echo. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  5. "Generals: April 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  6. "No. 62803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 October 2019. p. 18914.
  7. "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b6.
Military offices
Preceded by
James Chiswell		 General Officer Commanding the 1st (United Kingdom) Division
2015–2017		 Succeeded by
Ralph Wooddisse
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