Tim Radford (British Army officer)


Tim Buchan Radford, is a British Army officer who has served as Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and as Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission. He is currently Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe as of April 2020.

Military career

Educated at MCB, Rugby School, Durham University and King's College London, Radford was commissioned into The Light Infantry in 1985. He spent four years in command appointments before joining the School of Infantry as an instructor in 1989. He attended Staff College, Camberley in 1995. On promotion to colonel in 2005 he was appointed as Assistant Director of Counter Terrorism and United Kingdom Operations at the Ministry of Defence. He went on to command 19 Light Brigade in 2008, during which he deployed as Commander of Task Force Helmand between April and October of that year and led the major offensive Operation Panther's Claw in Summer 2009.
In January 2010 he was made Head of Overseas Operations in the Ministry of Defence and on promotion to major general in November 2011, he assumed the position of Chief of Staff of the ISAF Joint Command in Kabul, Afghanistan. He took over as General Officer Force Troops Command in February 2013 and in this capacity he oversaw the operation to provide medical assistance for the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in Autumn 2014. On promotion to lieutenant general in July 2015 he was selected as Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission and then as Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in July 2016. He was promoted to general and assumed the appointment of Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe on 2 April 2020.

Honours and decorations

Companion of the Order of the Bath 11 June 2016
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 19 March 2010
Officer Order of the British Empire 30 December 2006
Member of the Order of the British Empire 26 April 1994
Operational Service Medal for service in Afghanistan Zone 101 May 2009
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service04 October 2013
The Iraq Medal with Clasp05 October 2004
Operational Service Medal for Sierra Leone27 August 2002
General Service Medal 196209 February 1987
Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal 200228 February 2002
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal30 August 1999
Accumulated Campaign Service Medal16 August 1992
Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 with Clasp31 January 2013
US Legion of Merit15 March 2018
Gold Cross of the Officer of Land Forces 22 May 2019