# Timothy Sulivan

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[Major General](/source/Major_General) **Timothy John Sulivan** [CB](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) [CBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) [DL](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) (born 1946) is a former [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer who commanded [4th Division](/source/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)).

## Military career

Sulivan was [commissioned](/source/Commissioned_officer) into the [Royal Artillery](/source/Royal_Artillery) in 1966[2] and transferred into the [Blues and Royals](/source/Blues_and_Royals) in 1980.[3] He became commanding officer of the Blues and Royals in the late 1980s.[4]

He served as the only non-US member of [General Norman Schwarzkopf](/source/Norman_Schwarzkopf,_Jr.)'s strategic planning team during the [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War)[5] for which he was appointed a [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)[6] and awarded the [Bronze Star Medal (US)](/source/Bronze_Star_Medal) in March 1991.[1]

He went on to become Commander of [7th Armoured Brigade](/source/7th_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)) in 1991, Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in 1993[7] and Director-General for Doctrine and Development in 1994.[8] After that he became Chief of Staff for the [Allied Rapid Reaction Corps](/source/Allied_Rapid_Reaction_Corps) in Bosnia in 1996 and [General Officer Commanding](/source/General_Officer_Commanding) [4th Division](/source/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)) in 1998 before he retired in 2001.[8]

In retirement he has become vice president for customer relations with [General Dynamics (UK) Ltd](/source/General_Dynamics).[5]

## References

1. No. 53326. 8 June 1993. p. 1.

1. No. 44126. 29 September 1966. p. 10605.

1. No. 48108. 25 February 1980. p. 3029.

1. The Blues and Royal Journal, 1988, page 1, Foreword by Commanding Officer Lt Col T J Sulivan

1. ["Board and Senior Management Appointment"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120314133429/http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?type=news&code=cotn%3APEG.L&it=&articleid=4286342&format=reformatted&action=article). Screen plc. Archived from [the original](http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?type=news&code=cotn%3APEG.L&it=&articleid=4286342&format=reformatted&action=article) on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

1. No. 52588. 28 June 1991. p. 24.

1. [Senior Tri-service and Ministry of Defence Posts](http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf)

1. [Army Commands](http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf) 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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