Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Linley Tickell, KBE (born 17 March 1964) is a senior British Army officer who served as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff from August 2019 to August 2022.

He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, a private school, and at Cranfield University.

[2] He went on to be a staff officer in the Directorate of Training in May 2005 and commander of 8 Force Engineer Brigade in November 2007 and in that role was deployed to Afghanistan.

[2] He became Director of the Army Division at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in December 2009, General Officer Commanding of the Army Recruiting and Training Division in August 2013,[3] and Director Capability in November 2016.

[7] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours,[8] an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 31 October 2003,[9] a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours[10] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire  (KBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours.