List of serving senior officers of the British Army
This is a list of serving senior officers of the British Army. It includes currently serving generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadiers.[1]
Generals
[edit]| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir James Richard Hockenhull |  |
Commander Strategic Command | Intelligence Corps | KBE | 23 May 2022 | [2] |
| Dame Sharon Patricia Moffat Nesmith |  |
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff | Royal Signals | DCB | 10 June 2024 | [3] |
| Sir Charles Roland Vincent Walker |  |
Chief of the General Staff | Grenadier Guards Special Air Service |
KCB, DSO | 15 June 2024 | [4] |
Lieutenant generals
[edit]| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Ralph William Wooddisse |  |
Commander, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Royal Anglian Regiment | KCB, CBE, MC | 19 April 2021 | [5] |
| Sir Ian John Cave |  |
UK National Military Representative to NATO
UK National Military Representative to the European Union [6] |
Queen's Lancashire Regiment Cheshire Regiment Mercian Regiment |
KCB | 11 June 2021 | [7] |
| Sir Thomas Richardson Copinger-Symes |  |
Deputy Commander, Strategic Command | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles |
KCB, CBE | 18 May 2022 | [8] |
| Charles Seymour Collins |  |
Commander, Home Command Standing Joint Commander (United Kingdom) |
Royal Green Jackets The Rifles |
DSO, OBE | 4 September 2023 | [9] |
| Simon P. Hamilton |  |
Director General Land, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 8 December 2023 | [10] |
| Michael Richard Elviss |  |
Commander Field Army | Royal Artillery | CB, MBE, QCVS (x2) | March 2024 | [11] |
| David James Eastman |  |
Deputy Chief of the General Staff | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | MBE | 10 June 2024 | [12] |
| Jeremy Matthew James Bennett |  |
Deputy Commander, Allied Land Command | Royal Artillery | CBE | 18 October 2024 | [13] |
| Nicholas Charles Laybourne Perry |  |
Chief of Joint Operations | Royal Hussars | DSO, MBE | 15 November 2024 | [14] |
| John Robert Mead |  |
Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum | Royal Artillery | CB, OBE | 6 December 2024 | [13] |
Major generals
[edit]| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Mark Strickland |  |
6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles Royal Gurkha Rifles |
DSO, MBE | 6 May 2019 | [15] | |
| James Maurice Hannan Bowder |  |
General Officer Commanding, London District Major-General commanding the Household Division |
Grenadier Guards | OBE | 19 July 2019 | [16] |
| Paul R. Griffiths |  |
Assistant Chief of the General Staff | Royal Signals | CB | 11 January 2021 | [17] |
| Michael R. Keating |  |
Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Army Air Corps | CBE | 14 May 2021 | [18] |
| Richard M. Clements |  |
Director of Basing and Infrastructure, Army Command | Royal Artillery | CBE | 17 November 2021 | [19] |
| Christopher Brendan Kevin Barry |  |
Commander, Land Warfare Centre Director of Land Warfare, Army Command |
Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Welsh Special Air Service[20] |
CBE | 10 December 2021 | [21] |
| Eldon Millar | Deputy Commander, NATO Rapid Deployable Corps- Italy | Royal Engineers | CVO, MBE | 15 March 2022 | [22] | |
| Gerald Ewart-Brookes | Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Joint Support and Enabling Command | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps |
CB | 25 April 2022 | [23] | |
| Thomas Howard Bewick |  |
The Light Infantry The Rifles |
OBE | 5 May 2022 | [2] | |
| Marc Anthony John McHardy Overton |  |
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) | Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment London Regiment |
CB, TD, VR | 15 June 2022 | [24] |
| Jonathan Swift |  |
Director Programmes | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | OBE | 6 July 2022 | [25] |
| Zachary R. Stenning |  |
Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment |
OBE | 29 July 2022 | [26] | |
| Mark Pullan |  |
Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Joint Force Command Brunssum | Royal Artillery | CBE | 12 September 2022 | [27] |
| Thomas Julian Bateman |  |
Standing Joint Force Commander | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoon Guards |
CBE | 16 September 2022 | [28] |
| Anna-Lee Reilly |  |
Director of Operations, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CB | 29 November 2022 | [29] |
| Julian N.E. Buczacki | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy) until March 2025 | Royal Lancers | CBE | 2 December 2022 | [30] | |
| Philip David Prosser | Director of Joint Support, Strategic Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 13 February 2023 | [31] | |
| Benjamin James Cattermole |  |
Deputy Commanding General (Support), III (US) Armored Corps | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | CBE | 5 May 2023 | [32] |
| Sarah Helen Johansen |  |
Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence | Intelligence Corps | MBE | 26 June 2023 | [33] |
| Andrew J. W. Sturrock |  |
Director of Strategy and Plans, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Royal Engineers | 3 July 2023 | [33] | |
| Dominic Stead James Biddick |  |
Chief of Staff, Field Army | Royal Anglian Regiment | MBE MC | 28 July 2023 | [33] |
| Daniel Reeve | General Officer Commanding, 1st (United Kingdom) Division | Educational and Training Services Branch The Rifles |
MC | 31 July 2023 | [33] | |
| Oliver J. Kingsbury |  |
Deputy Commanding General (Manoeuvre), V (US) Corps | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 2 August 2023 | [33] |
| James Matthew Senior |  |
General Officer Commanding, Regional Command Deputy Commander, Standing Joint Force Command Commander, Army Cadet Force |
Light Dragoons | CBE | 21 August 2023 | [9] |
| Matthew H. Jones | Director of Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration, Army Command | Intelligence Corps | OBE | 29 August 2023 | [33] | |
| Samuel L. Humphris | Director of Personnel, Army Command | Duke of Wellington's Regiment Yorkshire Regiment |
MBE | 11 September 2023 | [34] | |
| Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton |  |
Director of Reserves, Army Command | Royal Engineers | TD, VR, PC | 3 October 2023 | [35] |
| Robin Ronald Edward Lindsay | Military Secretary and General Officer, Scotland | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland |
CBE | 13 October 2023 | [36] | |
| Ian Alexander J. Turner | Director of Futures, Army Command | Irish Guards | DSO | 23 October 2023 | [37] | |
| Charles A. Hewitt | Vice Director of Operations, United States European Command | Royal Artillery | 4 December 2023 | [38] | ||
| Richard A. Allen |  |
Director of Army Legal Services | Army Legal Services | 1 January 2024 | [39] | |
| Mark R. Purves | Director of Information, Army Command Chief Information Officer, Army Command |
Royal Signals | 1 March 2024 | [10] | ||
| Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt |  |
Deputy Chief of Staff, Field Army | Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 22 April 2024 | [40] |
| Paul Terence Tedman |  |
Commander, United Kingdom Space Command | Army Air Corps | CBE | 12 May 2024 | [41] |
| John L. Clark |  |
Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Joint Force Command Naples | Royal Engineers | CBE | 24 July 2024 | [42] |
| Lisa C. Keetley | Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (People Capability) Defence Services Secretary |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 2 September 2024 | [43] | ||
| Nicholas David Guise Cowley |  |
Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Director of Army Leadership |
The Queen's Royal Hussars | OBE | 18 October 2024 | [14] |
| John Richards Kendall | Deputy Commander Field Army | Royal Signals | VR | 19 November 2024 | [44] | |
| James Chenevix Coote |  |
Senior British Military Advisor to United States Central Command | Royal Engineers Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment |
DSO, OBE | 31 January 2025 | [45] |
| Joseph Edward Fossey |  |
Director of Recruiting, Army Command | Royal Engineers | OBE | 28 February 2025 | [46] |
| Oliver Charles Christopher Brown |  |
General Officer Commanding, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Anglian Regiment | CBE | ||
| Adrian P. Reilly | Royal Regiment of Scotland | |||||
| Peter J. Rowell |  |
Commandant, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom | Royal Engineers | N/A | ||
| Philip A. J. McNee |  |
Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces | Royal Army Medical Corps | N/A |
Acting
[edit]| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Jane Faithfull-Davies |  |
Director of Land Equipment, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | March 2024 | [47] |
Chaplain-Generals
[edit]| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael D. Parker |  |
Chaplain-General to His Majesty's Land Forces | Royal Army Chaplains' Department | 8 May 2022 | [48] |
Brigadiers
[edit]| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment or corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus George Costeker Fair | Deputy Director of Military Support, Ministry of Defence | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Light Dragoons |
CBE, DSO | 30 June 2016 | [49] | |
| Benjamin M. A. Wrench |  |
Head of Defence Land Safety Regulator | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland |
30 June 2018 | [50] | |
| Gavin J. Thompson |  |
Senior British Military Liaison Officer to Kuwait | Royal Tank Regiment | 31 December 2018 | [51] | |
| Alastair Buchanan Veitch | UK Defence Attaché to France Head of British Defence Staff in France |
Royal Engineers | 31 December 2018 | [51] | ||
| Anthony Peter Finn | Royal Army Medical Corps | 30 June 2019 | [52] | |||
| Alexander J. Smith |  |
Royal Signals | 30 June 2019 | [53] | ||
| Stephen William Rayson | Deputy Commander, Home Command | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps |
QVRM, TD, VR | 23 August 2019 | [54] | |
| R. G. Hughes | Army Reserve | QVRM TD | 9 May 2020 | [55] | ||
| Nigel J. Best |  |
UK Defence Attaché to Australia | 17th/21st Lancers Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers |
OBE | 30 June 2020 | [56] |
| Michael Edward George Caldicott | Head of Logistics Transformation, Ministry of Defence | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps |
CBE | 30 June 2020 | [56] | |
| Matthew Timothy Cansdale | Commander, Collective Training Group | Parachute Regiment | CBE | 30 June 2020 | [56] | |
| James Peter Cook | Head of Personnel Strategy, Army Command | Royal Artillery | OBE | 30 June 2020 | [56] | |
| Alison L. Curnow | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2020 | [56] | |||
| Lee J. N. Daley | Commandant, Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2020 | [56] | ||
| Christopher D. Davies | Head of International Communications and Engagement, Army Command | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | OBE | 30 June 2020 | [56] | |
| Andrew P. L. Dawes | Deputy Commander, British Forces Cyprus Chief of Staff, British Forces Cyprus |
Royal Artillery | CBE | 30 June 2020 | [56] | |
| Charles R. P. Ginn | Head of Plans, Army Command | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment |
30 June 2020 | [56] | ||
| Andrew D. Cox |  |
Chief of Staff, Home Command | Staffordshire Regiment Mercian Regiment |
MBE | 31 December 2020 | [57] |
| Stefan B. Crossfield |  |
to retire | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 31 December 2020 | [58] | |
| Keith J. Eble | Head Legal Advisory, Army Command | Army Legal Services | 31 December 2020 | [57] | ||
| Philip J. Bassingham-Searle | Head of Armed Forces Renumeration, Army Command | Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment |
30 June 2021 | [59] | ||
| Richard S. C. Bell |  |
Royal Irish Regiment | 30 June 2021 | [59] | ||
| Matthew J. Birch | Senior Responsible Owner for Land ISTAR Senior Responsible Owner for Land Information Activities |
Royal Artillery | 30 June 2021 | [59] | ||
| Philip A. Carter | Head, Royal Army Medical Service Head of Army Health |
Royal Army Medical Corps | 30 June 2021 | [59] | ||
| Timothy J. Crossland |  |
Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2021 | [59] | ||
| Clare Patricia Philips |  |
Deputy Military Secretary | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 30 June 2021 | [59] |
| Jeremy E. G. Sharpe | Head of the Tactical Systems Service Executive, Defence Digital | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2021 | [59] | ||
| Lucinda Caryl Westerman | Royal Signals | CBE | 30 June 2021 | [59] | ||
| Duncan Robertson Wilson | Head of Research and Clinical Innovation, Defence Medical Services | Royal Army Medical Corps | QHP | 30 June 2021 | [59] | |
| Marcus J. Mudd |  |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers |
CBE, DSO | 30 June 2021 | [60] |
| David J. Bickers | Head of Strategy, Army Command | Royal Engineers | MBE | 31 December 2021 | [61] | |
| Michael D. Cornwell | Head of Future Force Development, Army Command | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | OBE | 31 December 2021 | [61] | |
| Jon P. Cresswell | Royal Artillery | 31 December 2021 | [61] | |||
| Julian Guy Hill | Commander, British Military Mission to Saudi Arabian National Guard | Royal Signals | OBE | 31 December 2021 | [61] | |
| Christopher King |  |
Head of Military Capability Plans, Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 31 December 2021 | [61] |
| Shay J. J. Marks | Intelligence Corps | 31 December 2021 | [61] | |||
| Edward Dixon Sandry | UK Defence Attaché to Canada | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 31 December 2021 | [61] | |
| James W. Taylor | Commander, Initial Training Group | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MBE | 31 December 2021 | [61] | |
| Mark C. P. Wilson | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles |
MBE | 31 December 2021 | [61] | ||
| Matthew Joseph Petersen | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 6th (United Kingdom) Division | Parachute Regiment Royal Welsh Regiment Royal Welsh |
VR | 1 March 2022 | [62] | |
| Gillian Heather Wilkinson | Deputy Military Secretary (Reserves) | Army Reserve Royal Logistic Corps |
QVRM | 28 April 2022 | [63] | |
| Adam Fraser-Hitchen | Head of Personnel (Reserves), Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | ADC, DL, VR | 2 May 2022 | [64] | |
| Bibek Banerjee | Head, Royal Army Medical Service (Reserves) | Army Reserve | QVRM | 27 June 2022 | [63] | |
| Mark James David Ackrill |  |
Army Air Corps | 30 June 2022 | [65] | ||
| Carl William Boswell | Commander, 20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team | Devonshire and Dorset Regiment The Rifles |
QCVS | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |
| Guy Justin Boxall | Commandant, Royal School of Military Engineering | Royal Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |
| Neil James Mark Budd |  |
Assistant Head of Strategy, Army Command | Royal Artillery | OBE | 30 June 2022 | [65] |
| Owen George Bunkle | Head of Defence Logistics Operations and Capability, Strategic Command | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2022 | [65] | ||
| Michael John Fayers | Commander, 1st Signal Brigade Assistant Chief of Staff (Communications), Allied Rapid Reaction Corps |
Royal Signals | 30 June 2022 | [65] | ||
| Guy Baron Foden | Royal Anglian Regiment | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |||
| Andrew Michael Gilks | Deputy Commander, Joint Aviation Command Chief of Staff, Joint Aviation Command |
Army Air Corps | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |
| Neil Darren Grant | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Field Army | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment |
DSO, MC | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |
| Andrew D. Griffiths | Commander, Armed Forces Recruiting | Staff and Personnel Support Branch | OBE | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |
| Charles Edward Digby Grist | Head of Strategic Planning, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles |
OBE | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |
| Craig Ian Hanson | Head of Logistics, Army Command | Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |
| Karl Ryan Harris |  |
Director, Land Command and Staff College | Royal Artillery | CBE | 30 June 2022 | [65] |
| Richard P. Hart | Head of Global Campaigns, Russia and Wider Europe, Ministry of Defence | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2022 | [65] | ||
| Robert Sholto James Hedderwick | Commander, Army Special Operations Brigade | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland |
30 June 2022 | [65] | ||
| Justin George Edward Stenhouse | Commander, 11th Brigade | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | CBE, DSO | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |
| Matthew R. Wilkinson | Head, Vehicle Support Team, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [65] | |
| Julian Anthony Paul Ladd | Deputy Director Land Warfare | Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment | TD, VR | 1 July 2022 | [8] | |
| J. Owen M. Lyttle |  |
Royal Irish Regiment Army Reserve |
MBE, TD, VR | 4 July 2022 | [66][67] | |
| Christopher J. Ledsham | Assistant Chief of Staff, Field Army | Army Reserve | TD | 17 October 2022 | [66] | |
| Jonathan Asbee | Royal Logistics Corps | 31 December 2022 | [68] | |||
| Mark Comer | Deputy Assistant Director of Logistics and Resources, International Military Staff | Royal Logistics Corps | 31 December 2022 | [68] | ||
| Andrew Stuart Garner |  |
Yorkshire Regiment | CBE | 31 December 2022 | [68] | |
| Denis James | Commander, British Military Mission to the Saudi Arabian National Guard | Life Guards | 31 December 2022 | [68] | ||
| Jaish K. Mahan | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 1st (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Army Medical Corps | 5 June 2023 | [66] | ||
| Robert N. Alston | Head of Joint Fires and Influence, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Royal Regiment of Artillery | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |
| Simon J. Carvel | Commander, 8th Engineer Brigade | Royal Engineers | 30 June 2023 | [69] | ||
| Kirsten J. Dagless | Head of Talent, Skills, Learning, and Development, Ministry of Defence | Royal Logistics Corps | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |
| Philip de Rouffignac | Commander, 2nd Medical Brigade | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |||
| Leigh J. Drummond |  |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Field Army | Royal Regiment of Scotland | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] |
| Daniel B. Duff | Commander, British Forces South Atlantic Islands | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | 30 June 2023 | [69] | ||
| Rupert S. Evetts | Commander, 77th Brigade | Blues and Royals | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |
| Karl L. Frankland | Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Spain | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2023 | [69] | ||
| Giles R. Harris | Commander, NATO Battlegroup Estonia | Welsh Guards | DSO, OBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |
| Paul M. Hayhurst | UK Defence Attaché to Pakistan | Army Air Corps | 30 June 2023 | [69] | ||
| Jeremy Lamb | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MC | 30 June 2023 | [69] | ||
| Tobias Lambert | Head of Land Industrial Strategy, Ministry of Defence | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |
| Michael J. Morton | Head of Digital Strategy, Defence Digital | Royal Signals | 30 June 2023 | [69] | ||
| David T. Pack |  |
Deputy Commanding General, 82nd (US) Airborne Division | Royal Gurkha Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] |
| James S. R. Priest | Royal Logistic Corps | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] | ||
| Sarah L. Pringle-Smith | Provost Marshal Commander, 1st Military Police Brigade Chief of Military Police, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Inspector of Service Custody Premises |
Adjutant General′s Corps | 30 June 2023 | [69] | ||
| Jeremy A. Rostron | Parachute Regiment | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |||
| Henry L. Searby | Commander, 12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team | Queen′s Royal Lancers | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |
| Robert J. Singleton | Commander, Combat Manoeuvre Centre | Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | 30 June 2023 | [69] | ||
| Simon G. Smith |  |
Commander, 104th Theatre Sustainment Brigade | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] |
| Nicholas Thomas | Commander, 160th (Welsh) Brigade | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | CBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |
| John Crichton Wakelin | Head of Training Capability, Army Command Director, Collective Training Transformation Programme |
The Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |
| Caroline J. Woodbridge-Lewin |  |
Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training | Royal Signals | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [69] |
| John M. H. Woolmer | Intelligence Corps | 30 June 2023 | [69] | |||
| Timothy Peter Jenkins | Deputy Director of Reserves, Strategic Command | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | OBE, TD, VR | 7 August 2023 | [66] | |
| Peter Beaumont | Royal Artillery | 31 December 2023 | [70] | |||
| Mark Simon Peter Berry | Commander, 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team | Life Guards | 31 December 2023 | [70] | ||
| Jody Philip Davies | Commander, 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Gurkha Rifles |
MBE | 31 December 2023 | [70] | |
| Nicholas Daniel Doyle | Head of Arms and Services, Home Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 31 December 2023 | [70] | ||
| Jamie Christopher Murray | Commander, 38th (Irish) Brigade | Royal Gurkha Rifles | 31 December 2023 | [70] | ||
| Peter Thomas Quaite | Head of Infrastructure Plans, Army Command | Royal Engineers | OBE | 31 December 2023 | [70] | |
| Graeme Crichton Wearmouth | Royal Scots Royal Regiment of Scotland |
OBE | 31 December 2023 | [70] | ||
| Nicholas Marshall Wight-Boycott | Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Force Headquarters | Royal Scots Royal Regiment of Scotland |
OBE | 31 December 2023 | [70] | |
| Benjamin Mark Wilde | UK Defence Attaché to Saudi Arabia | Cheshire Regiment Mercian Regiment |
MBE | 31 December 2023 | [70] | |
| Patrick William Benjamin Wright | Adjutant General′s Corps | CBE | 31 December 2023 | [70] | ||
| Nicholas James Sutherland | Royal Anglian Regiment East of England Regiment |
VR | 1 February 2024 | |||
| Jason Ainley | Royal Engineers | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Peter William Stanhope Baines | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles |
OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Matthew Richard Baker | Educational and Training Services Branch Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles |
OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Joanna Leigh Bowen | Head of Operational Law, Army Command | Army Legal Services | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Oliver John Hamlyn Bryant | UK Defence Attaché to Kenya | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment |
30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Edward Gilbert Robin Cartwright | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Duncan Campbell Close | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland |
30 June 2024 | [72] | |||
| Samuel George Cooke | Royal Logistics Corps | 30 June 2024 | [72] | |||
| Christopher Lionel Coton | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2024 | [72] | |||
| Nicholas George English | Commander, 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team | Army Air Corps | MBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | |
| Adam Nicholas Baron Foden | Queen's Royal Lancers Royal Lancers |
DSO MBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Andrew James Charles Geary | Commander, 102 Operational Sustainment Brigade | Army Air Corps | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | |
| Christopher Gent | Deputy Chief of Staff Transformation and Integration, Allied Land Command | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| David Charles Glendenning | Commander, 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Richard George Hallett | Royal Logistic Corps | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Gavin Paul Hatcher | Head of Overseas and Training, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Royal Engineers | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | |
| Paul Barry Hughes | Head of Engineering Assurance and Certification, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Matthew Gordon Timothy Lewis | Royal Regiment of Wales Royal Welsh |
OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Paul Gordon Loader | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 30 June 2024 | [72] | |||
| Gary Andrew McDade | Deputy Commander (Cadets), Regional Command | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles |
30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Elizabeth A. Mortimore | Head of Information Services, Army Command | Royal Signals | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Christopher Palmer | Light Dragoons | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Simon Andrew Ridgway | Royal Tank Regiment | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Andrew Ridland |  |
Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver) 1st (US) Armored Division | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles |
30 June 2024 | [72] | |
| Nicholas Serle | Head of Military Capability Delivery, Army Command | King's Own Royal Border Regiment Duke of Lancaster′s Regiment |
30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Kieran A. Sheldon | Head of Programmes, Army Command | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| Andrew Derrick Watson | King's Own Scottish Borderers Royal Regiment of Scotland |
OBE | 30 June 2024 | [72] | ||
| James David Webster | Royal Engineers | 30 June 2024 | [72] | |||
| Darin Gray | Head of Strategy (Reserves), Army Command | Royal Engineers | 19 August 2024 | [73] | ||
| Richard Neil Byfield | Chief Digital and Data Officer, Army Command Principal AI Officer, Army Command |
Royal Signals | MBE | 31 December 2024 | [74] | |
| Dominic Crispin Dudley Coombes | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | 31 December 2024 | [74] | |||
| Nigel Offley Crewe-Read |  |
Deputy Commanding General, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve | Royal Regiment of Wales Royal Welsh |
OBE | 31 December 2024 | [74] |
| Melissa Grace Emmett | Head, Army Personnel Services Group | Intelligence Corps | MBE | 31 December 2024 | [74] | |
| Thomas Anthony Harper | United Kingdom Strategic Command Attaché to USA | The Light Infantry The Rifles |
MBE | 31 December 2024 | [74] | |
| Andrew James Rogers | Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), Rapid Reaction Corps France | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 31 December 2024 | [74] | ||
| Timothy John Symonds | Head of Efficiency, Army Command Head of Climate Change and Sustainability, Army Command |
Royal Logistics Corps | OBE | 31 December 2024 | [74] |
Acting
[edit]| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment or corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Edward Nasse | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | OBE |
Deputy Chaplain-Generals
[edit]| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment or corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David J. Barrett | Deputy Chaplain-General to His Majesty's Land Forces | Royal Army Chaplain's Department | QHC | 30 June 2022 | [65] |
See also
[edit]- List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy
- List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines
- List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force
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- ^ This week we had the pleasure of hosting Major General CBK Barry CBE, Director Land Warfare.
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