Years of service 1990- Allegiance United Kingdom | Role Armed force officer Name Giles Hill Rank Major-general | |
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Commands held 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment16 Air Assault Brigade1st (UK) Armoured Division Battles/wars War in IraqWar in Afghanistan Awards Order of the British Empire Battles and wars Iraq War, War in Afghanistan | ||
Major-General Giles Patrick Hill CBE is a British Army officer who currently is the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Defence Engagement).
Military career
Educated at Lawnswood School in Leeds, Hill served as a reservist with 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment before he was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1990. He commanded A Company of 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment during Operation Telic in Iraq and then became commander officer of 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hill went on to be Commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in May 2011, Deputy Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in 2013 and General Officer Commanding 1st (United Kingdom) Division in April 2015. He became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Defence Engagement) in April 2017.
Hill was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 Birthday Honours.