Timothy Tyler

Timothy Tyler
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	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.