Major General Thomas Julian Bateman, CBE is a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding 1st (United Kingdom) Division from September 2022 to March 2024.

Bateman was commissioned in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards on 9 September 1990.

[1] He became commander of 11 Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East in August 2018,[2] Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters in November 2020,[3] and General Officer Commanding 1st (United Kingdom) Division in September 2022.

[4][5] Bateman was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 New Year Honours,[6] and was advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services in the field on 15 September 2017.

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