Major General Rupert Timothy Herbert Jones CBE (born 29 April 1969) is a retired senior British Army officer, who served as the Standing Joint Force Commander from November 2018 to July 2021.

He served his early career in Germany, Northern Ireland and Bosnia, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 Birthday Honours.

Jones was said to be "immensely frustrated" that his battalion was split up among other battle groups and he was left to command from the rear at Camp Bastion.

[1] In April 2016 Jones was promoted to major general, and was appointed the deputy commander of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) later that year.

[1] In November 2016, he hailed the "extraordinary amount of progress" made by the international coalition, as result of their daily strikes against Da'esh.

[15] Commenting on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, he said: "If we in the international coalition knew where he was, for certain then he wouldn't stay alive for very long.

"[13] In August 2017, Jones echoed comments made by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in a Pentagon press conference, by giving Da'esh fighters the choice to "surrender or die".

[21] In August 2020 he faced allegations in the media of breaking COVID-19 lockdown to conduct an affair with a married woman, but was reportedly cleared of wrongdoing by the military.