| Tyrone R Urch | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1984 – |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held |
1st Mechanised Brigade Force Troops Command |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Lieutenant-General Tyrone Richard Urch CBE (born 12 June 1965) is a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Force Troops Command and is currently Commander Home Command.
Military career[]
Educated at Warminster School, Welbeck College, Cranfield University (BEng) and King's College London (MA),[1] Urch was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 4 June 1984.[2] In 2001, as officer commanding 20 Field Squadron, he led the construction of two schools, a new hangar at Price Barracks and a jungle research station in Belize.[3] He became Commanding Officer of 22 Engineer Regiment in 2004[4] and was deployed to Iraq later that year.[5] He went on to be Commander of 1st Mechanised Brigade December 2008, Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood in December 2010[6] and Chief of Staff for Land Forces in October 2012.[7] After that he became General Officer Commanding Force Troops Command in February 2015;[8] he was promoted to lieutenant-general and became Commander Home Command in June 2018.[9]
Urch was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 Birthday Honours.[10]
References[]
- ↑ ‘URCH, Maj. Gen. Tyrone Richard’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
- ↑ "No. 49754". 4 June 1984. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49754/page/
- ↑ "Rumble in the jungle". New Civil Engineer. 24 May 2001. http://www.nce.co.uk/rumble-in-the-jungle/812574.article. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "First Soldiers move in". Drumbeat. February 2005. http://www.drumbeat.org.uk/media/DIR_10001/9e127b5a578ef717ffff80d2d4355564.pdf. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "Operational honours list". Token Publishing. 18 March 2005. http://www.tokenpublishing.com/news.asp?nid=198. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence Posts". http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "Too Many Generals...Not Enough For Them To Do?". Combat and Survival. 13 February 2015. http://www.combatandsurvival.com/news/uk/580-too-many-generals-not-enough-for-them-to-do. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "Army Commands". http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "No. 62321". 12 June 2018. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62321/supplement/
- ↑ "No. 59808". 11 June 2011. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59808/supplement/
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