Tom Copinger-Symes
Lt Gen Copinger-Symes in 2020
Born (1969-11-18) 18 November 1969
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1992–present
RankLieutenant General
UnitRoyal Green Jackets
Commands heldForce Troops Command
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade
5th Battalion, The Rifles
Battles/warsWar in Afghanistan
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant General Tom Richardson Copinger-Symes, CBE (born 18 November 1969), is a British Army officer, who serves as the Deputy Commander, Strategic Command since May 2022.

Copinger-Symes previously served as General Officer Commanding Force Troops Command and Director of Military Digitisation, Strategic Command.[1]

Background and education

Of Anglo-Irish descent, he is the youngest son of Colonel Wilfred Copinger-Symes and his wife Susan née Richardson.[2][3] Educated at Pangbourne College,[4] Copinger-Symes went up to the University of Warwick, as a cadetship officer.[5]

Military career

Copinger-Symes was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in 1992.[6] Under ISAF, he served as Commanding Officer of the 5th Battalion, The Rifles in Afghanistan from November 2011 and April 2012,[6] being appointed OBE.[7] He became Commander of the 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade in April 2014 and Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at Army Headquarters in June 2016. Copinger-Symes was promoted Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours,[8] and became General Officer Commanding Force Troops Command that December.[9] He went on to be Director of Military Digitisation at Joint Forces Command in 2019.[10] In May 2022 he was promoted Lieutenant General becoming Deputy Commander of Strategic Command.[11]

Honorary appointments

As Assistant Colonel Commandant since 2019 (promoted Colonel Commandant 2023)[12][13] Copinger-Symes was present at Windsor Castle in 2020 to offer the salute to the outgoing Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.[14]

Copinger-Symes serves on the Advisory Board of "Nimbus Ninety", the community for disruptive business and technology leaders, since 2018.[15] A Freeman of the City of London, he is also a Liveryman of the Wax Chandlers' Company.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "A Virtual Cityforum Intelligent Defence Programme". Cityforum. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Wilfred Copinger-Symes | ParaData". www.paradata.org.uk.
  3. ↑ "Burke's Irish Family Records".
  4. ↑ "OPs in the News" (PDF). The Pangbournian. 2016. p. 23. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to the University of Warwick". warwick.ac.uk.
  6. 1 2 "Thomas Copinger-Symes". DESI. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Operational honours and awards". The Times. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2017. p. B6.
  9. ↑ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Major-General Thomas Copinger-Symes". DSEI. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Deputy Commander UK Strategic Command". Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Court Circular". The Times. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Strategic Command personnel participate in Coronation rehearsals through the night". Ministry of Defence. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Transfer of the Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles". British army. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  15. ↑ Ninety, Nimbus. "Members' Advisory Board". www.nimbusninety.com.
  16. ↑ "Modern Freedom". City of London. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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