Timothy Creasey

Sir

Timothy Creasey
Nickname(s)"The Bull"
Born(1923-09-21)21 September 1923
Died5 October 1986(1986-10-05) (aged 63)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1942–1985
RankGeneral
Service number350206
Unit10th Baluch Regiment
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Royal Anglian Regiment
Commands11th Armoured Brigade 1969–1970
Commander, Sultan's Armed Forces, Muscat and Oman 1972–1975
GOC Northern Ireland 1977–1979
Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces 1980–1981
Deputy Commander-in-Chief and Chief of the Defence Staff, Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces 1981–1985
Battles / wars
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

General Sir Timothy May Creasey KCB OBE (21 September 1923 – 5 October 1986) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding of the British Army in Northern Ireland, as well as the commander of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces.