NAM.2021-06-4-1-1

Oral history interview with Lt Gen Sir Tyrone Urch KBE, Commander Home Command and Standing Joint Commander (UK), conducted on 2 June 2021. Interview covers the role of Joint Command and the military’s role as part of the UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of MACA or the Military Aid to the Civil Authorities. It also covers other work carried out in the UK during the period of the pandemic including the Army’s bomb disposal work and the Armed Forces’ role in the funeral of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh in 2021. Associated with Operation RESCRIPT (2020).

RESCRIPT, Operation, 2020 (Military Aid to the Civil Authorities 2000-2099), Covid-19 Pandemic, 2019-23 (Military Aid to the Civil Authorities 2000-2099)