Christopher Tickell

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| name = Sir Christopher Tickell

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| caption = Tickell in 2023

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|17 March 1964}}

| birth_place = Epsom, England

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| allegiance = United Kingdom

| branch = British Army

| serviceyears = 1983–2022

| rank = Lieutenant General

| servicenumber = 517325

| unit = Royal Engineers

| commands = Army Recruiting and Training Division
8 Force Engineer Brigade
23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault)

| battles = The Troubles
Bosnian War
Kosovo War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan

| awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Linley Tickell, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|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.

Early life and education

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.{{cite web |title=Tickell, Lt Gen. Christopher Linley |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-258693 |website=Who's Who 2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=29 June 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U258693 |date=1 December 2019|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}

Military career

Tickell was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in December 1983.{{cite web|url=https://www.landforces.com.au/ICSILP/bios/Maj_Gen_Tickel.PDF|title=Major General C L Tickell CBE|publisher=Land Forces Australia|access-date=1 March 2019}} 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. 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.

He became Director of the Army Division at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in December 2009, General Officer Commanding of the Army Recruiting and Training Division in August 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |title=Gulabin – Army Commands, 1900–2014 |date=2014-12-27 |access-date=2015-01-04 |website=Colin Mackie's website |last=Mackie |first=Colin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2015 }} and Director Capability in November 2016. Tickell was promoted to lieutenant general on 12 August 2019 and assumed the duties of Deputy Chief of the General Staff that same date.{{cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/79e339e3#/79e339e3/56|title=Appointments|publisher=Soldier Magazine|date=1 April 2019|page=56|access-date=6 April 2019}}{{London Gazette|issue= 62738|supp=y|page=14447|date=13 August 2019}} He stepped down from this position in August 2022, and retired from the Army on 27 December 2022.{{London Gazette|issue= 63925|supp=y|page=25178|date=3 January 2022}} He was appointed Chief Royal Engineer on 1 January 2024.{{London Gazette|supp=y|page=3872|issue=64327|date=27 February 2024}}

He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours,{{London Gazette|supp=y|page=6|issue=56070|date=30 December 2000}} an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 31 October 2003,{{London Gazette|supp=y|page=3|issue=57100|date=31 October 2003}} a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours{{London Gazette|supp=y|page=5|issue=59647|date=31 December 2010}} and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|supp=y|page=B6|issue=63377|date=12 June 2021}}