Tyrone Urch
Sir Tyrone Urch | |
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![]() Urch in 2020 | |
Born | 12 June 1965 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1984–2021 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands | Home Command Force Troops Command 1st Mechanised Brigade 22 Engineer Regiment |
Battles/wars | Iraq War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Lieutenant General Sir Tyrone Richard Urch, KBE (born 12 June 1965) is a former senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding, Force Troops Command and later Commander, Home Command.
Early life and education
[edit]Urch was born on 12 June 1965. He was educated at Lord Weymouth's School, Warminster, and Welbeck College. He studied at Cranfield University (BEng) and King's College London (MA).[1]
Military career
[edit]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 in 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] He retired in June 2021.[10]
He was a Colonel Commandant in the Royal Engineers until October 2023,[11] and Chief Royal Engineer from 14 September 2018 until 1 January 2024.[12][13]
Urch was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours,[14] and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ ‘URCH, Maj. Gen. Tyrone Richard’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
- ^ "No. 49754". The London Gazette. 4 June 1984. p. 7751.
- ^ "Rumble in the jungle". New Civil Engineer. 24 May 2001. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "First Soldiers move in" (PDF). Drumbeat. February 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Operational honours list". Token Publishing. 18 March 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence Posts" (PDF). Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Too Many Generals...Not Enough For Them To Do?". Combat and Survival. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "No. 62321". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2018. p. 10419.
- ^ Urch, Tyrone [@UrchTyrone] (8 June 2021). "Thank you @home_comdsm and everyone in HQ Home Command and Standing Joint Command (UK) for this amazing and deeply emotional send off" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "No. 64276". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 2024. p. 26494.
- ^ "No. 62413". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 September 2018. p. 16640.
- ^ "No. 64327". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 2024. p. 3867.
- ^ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N6.
- 1965 births
- Alumni of Cranfield University
- Alumni of King's College London
- British Army lieutenant generals
- British Army personnel of the Iraq War
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Living people
- People educated at Lord Weymouth's Grammar School
- Royal Engineers officers
- People educated at Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College