Timothy Hodgetts

Major General Timothy John Hodgetts,, KHS, is a senior British Army officer and medical doctor, who has served as Surgeon General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces since 2021.

Military career
Educated at the Westminster Hospital Medical School, Hodgetts was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1983. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours, served as the medical director at the multinational hospital in Afghanistan in 2009, and became medical director for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 2011. He was appointed medical director for the Defence Medical Services in 2014, Head of the Army Medical Services in 2018. and Surgeon General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces in May 2021. Hodgetts was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2023 Birthday Honours. He is also a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands.