Garry Tunnicliffe

Garry Tunnicliffe
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1988–present
RankAir Vice Marshal
CommandsRAF Halton
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Air Vice-Marshal Garry Tunnicliffe, CB, CVO (born 14 October 1966) is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 2016 to 2019.

Early life and education

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Tunnicliffe was educated at Devonport High School for Boys, Durham University (BA History and Politics, 1988) and King's College London (MA Defence Studies, 2001).[1][2][3]

RAF career

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Tunnicliffe joined the Royal Air Force on 14 August 1988.[4] He became head of the RAF's Team of Management Consultants in 2006, station commander at RAF Halton in December 2008,[5] and Assistant Chief of Staff, Training at No. 22 Group in December 2012.[6] He went on to be Head of Armed Forces Remuneration at the Ministry of Defence in 2014,[7] and became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel) as well as Defence Services Secretary on 27 June 2016.[8][9] Tunnicliffe was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order for his services as Defence Services Secretary on 27 March 2019.[10] He became Deputy Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies on 26 April 2019.[11]

Tunnicliffe was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2022 Birthday Honours.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Devonport air cadets welcome back former cadet". Plymouth Herald. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. ^ 'TUNNICLIFFE, Air Vice-Marshal Garry', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
  3. ^ "B.A. (Faculty of Social Sciences)". University of Durham Congregation (29 June 1988, 10am). Durham: Durham University: 6. 1988.
  4. ^ "No. 51504". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 October 1988. p. 11638.
  5. ^ "New boss at the home of recruit training". Royal Air Force. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Senior Royal Air Force appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Central advisory committee on pensions and compensation" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. ^ Air Appointments, The Daily Telegraph, 21 July 2016
  9. ^ "No. 61656". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 July 2016. p. 16088.
  10. ^ "No. 62606". The London Gazette. 3 April 2019. p. 6094.
  11. ^ "Senior Royal Air Force appointments 7th June 2018". Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  12. ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 2022. p. B3.
Military offices
Preceded by Defence Services Secretary
2016–2019
Succeeded by