Lieutenant-General J. G. Lorimer, DSO, MBE (late Parachute Regiment), currently Deputy Commander International Security Assistance Force and United Kingdom National Contingent Commander — Afghanistan, to be Chief of Joint Operations, in succession to Lieutenant-General Sir David Capewell, KCB, OBE, Royal Marines, in January 2015.
Major-General T. A. Beckett, CBE (late Parachute Regiment), formerly Chief of Staff International Security Assistance Force Joint Command — Afghanistan, to be Defence Senior Advisor Middle East, in the rank of lieutenant-general, in succession to Lieutenant-General S. V. Mayall, CB, in late 2014.
Major-General M. A. P. Carleton-Smith, CBE (late Irish Guards), to be General Officer Commanding 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division, in succession to Major-General J. R. Chiswell, CBE, MC, in December 2014.
Brigadier C. S. Fattorini (late Queen’s Royal