Tim Hyams

British army officer

Tim Hyams

Hyams in 2019

Allegiance| United Kingdom
Branch| British Army
Years of service| 1986–present
Rank| Major General
Unit| Royal Dragoon Guards
Commands| Scottish Command
Land Warfare
Army Recruiting and Training Division
Royal Dragoon Guards
Battles / wars| The Troubles
Kosovo War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Awards| Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Timothy David Hyams, CB, OBE is a senior British Army officer.

## Military career

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Hyams was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1986.[1][2] His regiment was amalgamated with the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards to form the Royal Dragoon Guards in 1992.[3] After deployments in Northern Ireland and Kosovo, he was commanding officer of the Royal Dragoon Guards from 2005 to 2008, in which capacity he was deployed to Iraq in 2007.[4]

Hyams became Director of Personal Services in July 2011 and,[5] after being sent to Afghanistan on a mission to consider the insider threat across the NATO command,[6] he became Director of Personnel Strategy in January 2013 and Commander, Collective Training Group, Land Warfare Centre in February 2014.[5] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Army Recruiting and Training Division in October 2016, Director Land Warfare in April 2018 and became Military Secretary and General Officer, Scotland, in October 2019.[5][7][8]

He was Colonel Commandant of the Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division, Infantry until he relinquished this position in December 2022.[9]

He was Regimental Colonel of the Royal Dragoon Guards from 2019 until August 2024.[10]

Hyams was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2022 New Year Honours.[11][12]

## References

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1. ^ "Tim Hyams". Warfare Today. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
2. ^ "No. 50826". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 May 1987. p. 1775.
3. ^ "5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards". Cheshire Military Museum. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
4. ^ "International Armoured Vehicles 2010 training simulation fighting vehicle Exhibition Conference UK". Army Recognition. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
5. ^ a b c Mackie, Colin. "Gulabin – Army Commands, 1900–2019" (PDF). Colin Mackie's website. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
6. ^ Coll, Steve (2018). Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001–2016. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-1846146602.
7. ^ Whitaker's 2020. London: Bloomsbury. 14 November 2019. ISBN 9781472947536.
8. ^ Mackie, Colin (9 December 2019). "Generals December 2019" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 10 December 2019. "Major-General Timothy D. Hyams(late Ry. Dragoon Gds): Military Secretary and General Officer Scotland, October 2019"
9. ^ "No. 63947". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 January 2023. p. 1145.
10. ^ "No. 64485". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 August 2024. p. 15602.
11. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N2.
12. ^ "The Military Division of the New Year Honours 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

Military offices

Preceded by

Bob Bruce

|  Military Secretary
2019–2021  | Succeeded by

William Wright

General Officer Scotland
2019–2021