Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Linley Tickell, KBE (born 17 March 1964) is a senior British Army officer who served as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff from August 2019 to August 2022.
Sir Christopher Tickell | |
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Born | Epsom, England | 17 March 1964
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1983–2022 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Service number | 517325 |
Unit | Royal Engineers |
Commands held | Army Recruiting and Training 8 Force Engineer Brigade 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault) |
Battles/wars | Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Tickell was born on 17 March 1964 in Epsom, Surrey, England. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, a private school, and at Cranfield University.[1]
Tickell was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in December 1983.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]
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,[3] and Director Capability in November 2016.[2] Tickell was promoted to lieutenant general on 12 August 2019 and assumed the duties of Deputy Chief of the General Staff that same date.[4][5] He stepped down from this position in August 2022, and retired from the army on 27 December 2022.[6] He was appointed Chief Royal Engineer on 1 January 2024.[7]
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours.[8]