Thomas Copinger-Symes
Tom Copinger-Symes | |
|---|---|
 Copinger-Symes in 2020 | |
| Born | 8 November 1969 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1992–present |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Royal Green Jackets |
| Commands held | 5th Battalion, The Rifles; 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade; Force Troops Command; UK Joint Forces Command |
| Battles/wars | Afghanistan War |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
| Relations | Brigadier Rory Copinger-Symes (eldest brother) |
Major General Thomas Richardson Copinger-Symes CBE (born 1969) is a British Army officer, who served as General Officer Commanding Force Troops Command before becoming, in 2019, Director of Military Digitisation, UK Strategic Command.
Background and education[]
Of Anglo-Irish descent, he is the youngest son of Colonel Wilfred Copinger-Symes OBE[1] and his wife Susan née Richardson.[2] Educated at Pangbourne College,[3] Copinger-Symes went up to the University of Warwick, as a cadetship officer.[4]
Military career[]
Copinger-Symes was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in 1992.[5] He served as Commanding Officer of the 5th Battalion, The Rifles in Afghanistan between November 2011 and April 2012.[5] He became Commander of 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade in April 2014, Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at Army Headquarters in June 2016 and GOC Force Troops Command in December 2017.[6] He went on to be Director of Military Digitisation at Joint Forces Command in 2019.[7]
As Assistant Colonel Commandant, Copinger-Symes was present at Windsor Castle in 2020 to offer the salute to The Rifles Regiment's outgoing Colonel-in-Chief, the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[8]
He serves on the Advisory Board of Nimbus Ninety, the community for disruptive business and technology leaders, since 2018. [9]
Honours[]
Appointed OBE in 2012,[10] Copinger-Symes was promoted Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[11]
References[]
- ^ "Wilfred Copinger-Symes | ParaData". www.paradata.org.uk.
- ^ "Burke's Irish Family Records".
- ^ "OPs in the News" (PDF). The Pangbournian. 2016. p. 23. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Welcome to the University of Warwick". warwick.ac.uk.
- ^ a b "Thomas Copinger-Symes". DESI. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Major-General Thomas Copinger-Symes". DSEI. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Transfer of the Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles". British army. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Ninety, Nimbus. "Members' Advisory Board". www.nimbusninety.com.
- ^ "Operational honours and awards". The Times. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2017. p. B6.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- People educated at Pangbourne College
- Alumni of the University of Warwick
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Royal Green Jackets officers
- Military personnel from London
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- British Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- British Army generals