List of serving senior officers of the British Army
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This is a list of serving senior officers of the British Army. It includes currently serving generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadiers.
Generals
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dame Sharon Patricia Moffat Nesmith | Vice Chief of the Defence Staff | Royal Signals | DCB | 10 June 2024 | [1] | |
| Sir Charles Roland Vincent Walker | Chief of the General Staff | Grenadier Guards Special Air Service | KCB, DSO | 15 June 2024 | [2] |
Lieutenant generals
| 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 | [3] | |
| Sir Charles Seymour Collins | Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles | KBE, DSO | 4 September 2023 | [4] | |
| Sir Simon Peter Hamilton | Deputy Chief of the General Staff | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | KBE | 8 December 2023 | [5] | |
| Michael Richard Elviss | Commander, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Master Gunner, St James's Park | Royal Artillery | CB, MBE, QCVS (x2) | March 2024 | [6] | |
| Sir David James Eastman | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | KBE | 10 June 2024 | [7] | ||
| Jeremy Matthew James Bennett | Deputy Commander, Allied Land Command | Royal Artillery | CB, CBE | 18 October 2024 | [8] | |
| Nicholas Charles Laybourne Perry | Commander Joint Force Command Norfolk (from September 2026) | Royal Hussars | DSO, MBE | 15 November 2024 | [9] | |
| John Robert Mead | Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum | Royal Artillery | CB, OBE | 6 December 2024 | [8] | |
| Anna-Lee Reilly | Director General of Core Delivery, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CB | 18 August 2025 | [10] | |
| Paul Raymond Griffiths | Commander, Standing Joint Command | Royal Signals | CB | 1 September 2025 | [11] | |
| Eldon Nicholas Somerville Millar | UK National Military Representative to NATO UK National Military Representative to the EU | Royal Engineers | CVO, MBE | 12 January 2026 | [12] | |
| Zachary Raymond Stenning | Commander Land Forces | Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment | CB, OBE | 30 March 2026 | [13] | |
| Matthew Howard Jones | Chief of Defence Intelligence | Intelligence Corps | OBE | 29 June 2026 | [14] |
Major generals
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Mark Strickland | Senior British Loan Services Officer to Oman | 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles Royal Gurkha Rifles | CB, 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] | |
| Christopher Brendan Kevin Barry | Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Welsh Special Air Service[17] | CBE | 10 December 2021 | [18] | ||
| Thomas Howard Bewick | Commander, British Forces Cyprus | The Light Infantry The Rifles | OBE | 5 May 2022 | [19] | |
| 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 | [20] | |
| Jonathan Swift | Assistant Chief of the General Staff | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | OBE | 6 July 2022 | [21] | |
| Mark Pullan | Royal Artillery | CBE | 12 September 2022 | [22] | ||
| Thomas Julian Bateman | Standing Joint Force Commander | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoon Guards | CBE | 16 September 2022 | [23] | |
| Julian N.E. Buczacki | Royal Lancers | CBE | 2 December 2022 | [24] | ||
| Philip David Prosser | Director of Joint Support, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 13 February 2023 | [25] | |
| Benjamin James Cattermole | Commander, Joint Inter-Agency Task Force Lazurite | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | CBE | 5 May 2023 | [26] | |
| Andrew J. W. Sturrock | Director of Strategy and Plans, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Royal Engineers | 3 July 2023 | [27] | ||
| Dominic Stead James Biddick | Royal Anglian Regiment | MBE MC | 28 July 2023 | [27] | ||
| Daniel Reeve | Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations and Commitments) | Educational and Training Services Branch The Rifles | MC | 31 July 2023 | [27] | |
| Oliver J. Kingsbury | Commander, Land Warfare Centre Director of Land Warfare, Army Command | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 2 August 2023 | [27] | |
| James Matthew Senior | Commander, Army Cadet Force | Light Dragoons | CBE | 21 August 2023 | [4] | |
| Samuel Leslie Humphris | Director of Personnel, Army Command | Duke of Wellington's Regiment Yorkshire Regiment | CB, MBE | 11 September 2023 | [28] | |
| The Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | Director of Reserves, Army Command | Royal Engineers | TD, VR, PC | 3 October 2023 | [29] | |
| Robin Ronald Edward Lindsay | ![]() | Military Secretary and General Officer, Scotland | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | CBE | 13 October 2023 | [30] |
| Ian Alexander J. Turner | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability and Force Design) | Irish Guards | DSO | 23 October 2023 | [31] | |
| Charles A. Hewitt | Royal Artillery | 4 December 2023 | [32] | |||
| Richard A. Allen | Director of Army Legal Services | Army Legal Services | 1 January 2024 | [33] | ||
| Mark R. Purves | Director of Information, Army Command Chief Information Officer, Army Command | Royal Signals | 1 March 2024 | [5] | ||
| Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt | Deputy Chief of Staff, Field Army | Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 22 April 2024 | [34] | |
| Paul Terence Tedman | Army Air Corps | CBE | 12 May 2024 | [35] | ||
| John L. Clark | Royal Engineers | CBE | 24 July 2024 | [36] | ||
| Lisa C. Keetley | Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (People Capability) Defence Services Secretary | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 2 September 2024 | [37] | ||
| Nicholas David Guise Cowley | Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst General Officer Commanding, Army Individual Training Command Director of Army Leadership | The Queen's Royal Hussars | OBE | 18 October 2024 | [9] | |
| John Richards Kendall | Deputy Commander Field Army | Royal Signals | VR, DL | 19 November 2024 | [38] | |
| 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 | [39] | |
| Joseph Edward Fossey | Director of Recruiting, Army Command | Royal Engineers | OBE | 28 February 2025 | [40] | |
| Andrew D. Cox | Deputy Commanding General (Support), III (US) Armored Corps | Staffordshire Regiment Mercian Regiment | MBE | 4 April 2025 | [41] | |
| Robert Sholto James Hedderwick | General Officer Commanding, 1st (United Kingdom) Division | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | 1 August 2025 | [42] | ||
| Philip A. Carter | Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces | Royal Army Medical Corps | 4 August 2025 | [42] | ||
| Charles Edward Digby Grist | Deputy Commanding General (Manoeuvre), V (US) Corps | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles | OBE | 15 August 2025 | [10] | |
| Matthew Timothy Cansdale | Director of Futures, Army Command | Parachute Regiment | CBE | 15 September 2025 | [43] | |
| Alexander James Smith | Director of Basing and Infrastructure, Army Command | Royal Signals | CBE | 25 September 2025 | [44] | |
| Christopher King | Director of Programmes, Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 3 October 2025 | [45] | |
| Anthony Peter Finn | Director of Medical Personnel and Training, Defence Medical Services | Royal Army Medical Corps | 17 November 2025 | [45] | ||
| Carl William Boswell | Chief of Staff, Field Army | Devonshire and Dorset Regiment The Rifles | CBE, QCVS | 17 November 2025 | [45] | |
| Neil Darren Grant | Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment | DSO, MC | 21 November 2025 | [46] | |
| Oliver Charles Christopher Brown | General Officer Commanding, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Anglian Regiment | CBE | |||
| Adrian Peter Reilly | Royal Regiment of Scotland | OBE | ||||
| Peter J. Rowell | Commandant, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom | Royal Engineers | ||||
| Philip A. J. McNee | Royal Army Medical Corps | |||||
| Marcus J. Mudd | Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Headquarters Joint Force Command Naples | Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers | CBE, DSO | 16 January 2026 | [47] | |
| Owen George Bunkle | ![]() | Director Support Army Command Headquarters | Royal Logistic Corps | 26 January 2026 | [48] | |
| Tobias Lambert | Senior Military Advisor and Operations Director International Collaboration and Exports | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | OBE | 31 April 2026 | [49] | |
| Justin George Edward Stenhouse | General Officer Commanding, Regional Command | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | CBE, DSO | 13 July 2026 | [50] |
Acting
| 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 | CB, CBE | March 2024 | [51] |
Chaplain-Generals
| 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 | [52] |
Brigadiers
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment or corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin M. A. Wrench | Head of Defence Land Safety Regulator, Defence Safety Authority | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | 30 June 2018 | [53] | ||
| Stephen William Rayson | Deputy Commander, Standing Joint Command | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps | QVRM, TD, VR | 23 August 2019 | [54] | |
| Raymond Griffiths Hughes | Deputy Commander, Army Recruiting | Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | QVRM TD | 9 May 2020 | [55] | |
| Nigel J. Best | 17th/21st Lancers Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers | OBE | 30 June 2020 | [56] | ||
| Alison L. Curnow | 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] | |
| Keith J. Eble | Head Legal Advisory, Army Command | Army Legal Services | 31 December 2020 | [57] | ||
| Philip J. Bassingham-Searle | Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment | 30 June 2021 | [58] | |||
| Richard Stewart Charles Bell | Royal Irish Regiment | CBE | 30 June 2021 | [58] | ||
| Matthew J. Birch | Head of C4ISTAR, Army Command | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2021 | [58] | ||
| Lucinda Caryl Westerman | Deputy UK National Military Representative to the EU | Royal Signals | CBE | 30 June 2021 | [58] | |
| Duncan Robertson Wilson | Royal Army Medical Corps | QHP | 30 June 2021 | [58] | ||
| Jon P. Cresswell | Royal Artillery | 31 December 2021 | [59] | |||
| Julian Guy Hill | Director, Saudi Arabian National Guard Communications Project | Royal Signals | OBE | 31 December 2021 | [59] | |
| Shay Joseph James Marks | Commander, British Military Mission to Kuwait | Intelligence Corps | CBE | 31 December 2021 | [59] | |
| Edward Dixon Sandry | UK Defence Attaché to Canada | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 31 December 2021 | [59] | |
| James W. Taylor | Head of Personnel Policy, Army Command | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MBE | 31 December 2021 | [59] | |
| Mark C. P. Wilson | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles | MBE | 31 December 2021 | [59] | ||
| Matthew Joseph Petersen | Head, Army Staff Forum | Parachute Regiment Royal Welsh Regiment Royal Welsh | VR | 1 March 2022 | [60] | |
| Gillian Heather Wilkinson | Deputy Military Secretary (Reserves) | Army Reserve Royal Logistic Corps | QVRM | 28 April 2022 | [61] | |
| Adam Fraser-Hitchen | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 3rd (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | ADC, DL, VR | 2 May 2022 | [62] | |
| Bibek Banerjee | Head, Royal Army Medical Service (Reserves) | Army Reserve | QVRM | 27 June 2022 | [61] | |
| Guy Justin Boxall | Assistant Chief of Staff (Infrastructure), Cyber & Specialist Operations Command | Royal Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [63] | |
| Neil James Mark Budd | Royal Artillery | OBE | 30 June 2022 | [63] | ||
| Michael John Fayers | Royal Signals | 30 June 2022 | [63] | |||
| Guy Baron Foden | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Royal Anglian Regiment | 30 June 2022 | [63] | ||
| Andrew Michael Gilks | Head of CBRN Capability, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command | Army Air Corps | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [63] | |
| Andrew D. Griffiths | Commander, Armed Forces Recruiting | Staff and Personnel Support Branch | OBE | 30 June 2022 | [63] | |
| Craig Ian Hanson | Commander, 101st Operational Sustainment Brigade | Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 30 June 2022 | [63] | |
| Karl Ryan Harris | Director, Land Command and Staff College | Royal Artillery | CBE | 30 June 2022 | [63] | |
| Richard Paul Hart | Head of Global Campaigns, Russia, and Wider Europe, Ministry of Defence | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2022 | [63] | ||
| Matthew Richard Wilkinson | Assistant Chief of Staff (Equipment), Field Army | Royal Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [63] | |
| James Owen McCay Lyttle | Royal Irish Regiment Army Reserve | MBE, TD, VR | 4 July 2022 | [64][65] | ||
| Christopher John Ledsham | Army Reserve | TD | 17 October 2022 | [64] | ||
| Mark Jeffrie Comer | Deputy Assistant Director of Logistics and Resources, International Military Staff | Royal Logistics Corps | CBE | 31 December 2022 | [66] | |
| Andrew Stuart Garner | Commandant, The Soldier Academy | Yorkshire Regiment | CBE | 31 December 2022 | [66] | |
| Denis James | Commander, British Military Mission to Saudi Arabian National Guard | Life Guards | 31 December 2022 | [66] | ||
| Jaish Kanaresh Mahan | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 1st (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Army Medical Corps | 5 June 2023 | [64] | ||
| Robert Nicholas Alston | Chief of Joint Fires and Influence, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Royal Regiment of Artillery | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |
| Simon John Carvel | Senior Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | Royal Engineers | 30 June 2023 | [67] | ||
| Philip de Rouffignac | Senior Responsible Officer, Renovator Project | Royal Army Medical Corps | MStJ | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |
| Leigh James Drummond | Royal Regiment of Scotland | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [67] | ||
| Daniel Bruce Duff | Chief of Joint Force Operations, Permanent Joint Headquarters | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | 30 June 2023 | [67] | ||
| Rupert Spark Evetts | Commander, 77th Brigade | Blues and Royals | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |
| Paul M. Hayhurst | UK Defence Attaché to Pakistan | Army Air Corps | 30 June 2023 | [67] | ||
| Jeremy Lamb | Head of Military Euro-Atlantic Security, Ministry of Defence | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MC | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |
| Michael John Morton | Royal Signals | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |||
| David Thomas Pack | Head of Personnel Strategy, Army Command | Royal Gurkha Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |
| Sarah Louise 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 | [67] | ||
| Jeremy Andrew Rostron | Parachute Regiment | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |||
| Henry Lister Searby | Queen′s Royal Lancers | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [67] | ||
| Robert James Singleton | Commander, Combat Manoeuvre Centre | Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | 30 June 2023 | [67] | ||
| Simon Geoffrey Smith | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [67] | ||
| Nicholas Thomas | Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Command | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | CBE | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |
| Caroline J. Woodbridge-Lewin | Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training | Royal Signals | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |
| John Marcus Hugh Woolmer | Intelligence Corps | 30 June 2023 | [67] | |||
| Timothy Peter Jenkins | Deputy Director of Reserves, Army Command | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | OBE, TD, VR | 7 August 2023 | [64] | |
| Peter Beaumont | Director of Operations, Army Recruiting | Royal Artillery | 31 December 2023 | [68] | ||
| Mark Simon Peter Berry | Life Guards | 31 December 2023 | [68] | |||
| Jody Philip Davies | Commander, 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Gurkha Rifles | MBE | 31 December 2023 | [68] | |
| Nicholas Daniel Doyle | Head of Arms and Services, Standing Joint Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 31 December 2023 | [68] | ||
| Jamie Christopher Murray | Royal Gurkha Rifles | 31 December 2023 | [68] | |||
| Peter Thomas Quaite | Head of Infrastructure Plans, Army Command | Royal Engineers | CBE | 31 December 2023 | [68] | |
| Graeme Crichton Wearmouth | Royal Scots Royal Regiment of Scotland | OBE | 31 December 2023 | [68] | ||
| Nicholas Marshall Wight-Boycott | Commander, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Royal Scots Royal Regiment of Scotland | OBE | 31 December 2023 | [68] | |
| Benjamin Mark Wilde | UK Defence Attaché to Saudi Arabia | Cheshire Regiment Mercian Regiment | MBE | 31 December 2023 | [68] | |
| Patrick William Benjamin Wright | Head of Armed Forces and Veterans Services, Defence Business Services | Adjutant General′s Corps | CBE | 31 December 2023 | [68] | |
| Nicholas James Sutherland | Royal Anglian Regiment East of England Regiment | VR | 1 February 2024 | |||
| Jason Ainley | Chief Engineer, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Chief of Civil-Military Interaction, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Colonel Commandant, Royal Corps of Army Music[70] | Royal Engineers | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Peter William Stanhope Baines | Commander, Army Special Operations Brigade | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Matthew Richard Baker | Head of Integration and Training, Integrated Warfare Centre | Educational and Training Services Branch Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Joanna Leigh Bowen | Head of Operational Law, Army Command | Army Legal Services | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Oliver John Hamlyn Bryant | UK Defence Attaché to Kenya | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Edward Gilbert Robin Cartwright | Commander, 16 Air Assault Brigade | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Duncan Campbell Close | Deputy Commanding General, 1st (French) Armored Division | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Samuel George Cooke | Head of Equipment Plans, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Logistics Corps | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Christopher Lionel Coton | Head of Concepts and Joint Force Development, Defence Futures | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Nicholas George English | Commander, 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team | Army Air Corps | MBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Adam Nicholas Baron Foden | Queen's Royal Lancers Royal Lancers | DSO MBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Andrew James Charles Geary | Chief of Staff, Regional Command | Army Air Corps | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Christopher Gent | Deputy Chief of Staff (Transformation and Integration), Allied Land Command | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| David Charles Glendenning | Commander, 3rd Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Richard George Hallett | Commander, Standing Joint Force Logistics Component | Royal Logistic Corps | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Gavin Paul Hatcher | Head of Overseas and Training, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Royal Engineers | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Paul Barry Hughes | Head of Engineering Assurance and Certification, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Matthew Gordon Timothy Lewis | Commander, 11th Brigade | Royal Regiment of Wales Royal Welsh | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Paul Gordon Loader | Head of Deployed and Interoperability Services, Cyber and Electromagnetic Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Gary Andrew McDade | Deputy Commander (Cadets), Regional Command | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Elizabeth Anne Mortimore | Head of Information Services, Army Command | Royal Signals | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Christopher Palmer | Head of Reserves, Ministry of Defence | Light Dragoons | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Simon Andrew Ridgway | Commander, Collective Training Group | Royal Tank Regiment | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| Andrew Ridland | Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 1st (US) Armored Division | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Nicholas Serle | Head of Military Capability Delivery, Army Command | King's Own Royal Border Regiment Duke of Lancaster′s Regiment | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Kieran Andrew Sheldon | Head of Programmes, Army Command | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Andrew Derrick Watson | Commander, 7th Light Mechanised Brigade | King's Own Scottish Borderers Royal Regiment of Scotland | OBE | 30 June 2024 | [71] | |
| James David Webster | Commandant, Royal School of Military Engineering | Royal Engineers | 30 June 2024 | [71] | ||
| Darin Gray | Head of Strategy (Reserves), Army Command | Royal Engineers | 19 August 2024 | [72] | ||
| Richard Neil Byfield | Chief Digital and Data Officer, Army Command Principal AI Officer, Army Command | Royal Signals | MBE | 31 December 2024 | [73] | |
| Dominic Crispin Dudley Coombes | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | 31 December 2024 | [73] | |||
| Nigel Offley Crewe-Read | Deputy Commanding General, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve | Royal Regiment of Wales Royal Welsh | OBE | 31 December 2024 | [73] | |
| Melissa Grace Emmett | Head, Army Personnel Services Group | Intelligence Corps | MBE | 31 December 2024 | [73] | |
| Thomas Anthony Harper | UK Defence Attaché to Nigeria | The Light Infantry The Rifles | MBE | 31 December 2024 | [73] | |
| Andrew James Rogers | Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), Rapid Reaction Corps – France | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 31 December 2024 | [73] | ||
| Timothy John Symonds | Head of Efficiency, Army Command Head of Climate Change and Sustainability, Army Command | Royal Logistics Corps | OBE | 31 December 2024 | [73] | |
| Alexander Graham Johnson | Head of Strategy and Plans, Defence Medical Services | Royal Army Medical Corps | OStJ | 13 January 2025 | [74] | |
| Graham Norman Cox | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles | QVRM, VR | 3 March 2025 | [75] | ||
| Timothy John Allison | Head of Land Common Services, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Electrical and Mechnical Engineers | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Piers Lyndon Ashfield | Commander, 38th (Irish) Brigade | Grenadier Guards | DSO, MBE | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |
| Richard David Hadley Ball | Deputy Commander, Joint Aviation Command Chief of Staff, Joint Aviation Command | Army Air Corps | OBE | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |
| David William Nicholas Bevan | UK Military Attaché to the USA | Welsh Guards | MVO | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |
| Joseph William Brown | Commander, 104th Theatre Sustainment Brigade | Royal Logistics Corps | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Elizabeth Ann Byfield | Head of Recruitment and Retention, Ministry of Defence | Royal Signals | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Sam Edward Armel Cates | Deputy Commander, London District | The Rifles | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Mark Tyrtoff Davis | Commander, 160th (Welsh) Brigade | Royal Regiment of Wales Royal Welsh Mercian Regiment | CBE | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |
| Oliver Philip Butler Dobson | Commander, 4th Light Brigade | Royal Regiment of Scotland | MBE | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |
| Paul Mark Dupuy | Deputy UK National Military Representative to NATO Chief of Staff, UK National Military Delegation to NATO | Royal Artillery | MBE | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |
| Assia Leila Green | Head of Defence Operational Capability, Military Strategic Headquarters | Royal Logistics Corps | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| H. Geoffrey Hargreaves | Commander, Joint Task Force Orbital | Parachute Regiment | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Richard Charles Harmer | Commander, British Forces South Atlantic Islands | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Samuel David Hughes | Head, Army Personnel Centre | Royal Engineers | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Brian Kenneth Jeffery | Commander, 1st Signal Brigade Chief of Communications, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Royal Signals | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Henry Simon Llewelyn-Usher | Deputy Commanding General (Interoperability), 82nd (US) Airborne Division | Welsh Guards | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Owain David Luke | Commander, 12th Armoured Brigade | Royal Welsh | MBE | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |
| Giles Harry Malec | Head, Army Safety Group | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Stuart Edward Nasse | Head of Capability Coalition, Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | OBE | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |
| James Dominic Hugh Porter | Army Inspector | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |||
| Harvey John Scott | Head of Information Technology, Defence Digital | MBE | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| William John Strickland | Deputy Coordinator, Office of Security Coordination for Israel and the Palestinian Authority | Queen's Royal Hussars | OBE | 30 June 2025 | [76] | |
| Jamie Douglas Stuart | Commander, 8th Engineer Brigade | Royal Engineers | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Jonathan Christopher West | Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics), Field Army | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2025 | [76] | ||
| Huw William Islwyn Thomas | Head of Healthcare, Army Command | Royal Army Medical Corps | ||||
| Thammy Evans | Head of Personnel (Reserves), Army Command | Intelligence Corps | ||||
| Lisa Brooks | Commander, 19th Brigade | The Light Infatry Royal Artillery | ||||
| Paul Jason Blakesley | British Liaison Officer to United States Army Europe and Africa | King's Own Royal Border Regiment Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | MBE | |||
| James Edwin Ashworth | The Yorkshire Regiment | OBE | 31 December 2025 | [77] | ||
| Jamie Stuart Balfour | Royal Corps of Signals | 31 December 2025 | [77] | |||
| Michael John Canham | Corps of Royal Engineers | MBE | 31 December 2025 | [77] | ||
| William Hywel Lewis Davies | The Queen′s Dragoon Guards | MBE | 31 December 2025 | [77] | ||
| Nicholas Paul Mackenzie | The Duke of Lancaster′s Regiment | 31 December 2025 | [77] | |||
| Duncan James Mann | Parachute Regiment | 31 December 2025 | [77] | |||
| Oliver James Fenton Nurton | Light Dragoons | 31 December 2025 | [77] | |||
| Daniel Caradoc Blackmore | Intelligence Corps | OBE | 30 June 2026 | [78] | ||
| Shaun William Mark Chandler | Royal Gurkha Rifles | 30 June 2026 | [78] | |||
| Sarah Louise Clifford | Royal Corps of Signals | 30 June 2026 | [78] | |||
| Timothy James Jonathan Draper | Royal Regiment of Scotland | OBE | 30 June 2026 | [78] | ||
| David Robertson Duncan | Intelligence Corps | OBE | 30 June 2026 | [78] | ||
| Darren John Fisher | Royal Logistic Corps | MBE | 30 June 2026 | [78] | ||
| Cristopher Fogarty | Royal Corps of Signals | MBE | 30 June 2026 | [78] | ||
| Mark Robert Genko | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2026 | [78] | |||
| James Andrew Hadfield | The Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2026 | [78] | ||
| Andrew John Howarth | Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2026 | [78] | ||
| Grant Jamie Kerr | Corps of Royal Engineers | 30 June 2026 | [78] | |||
| James Douglas Louther Leask | Scots Guards | MBE | 30 June 2026 | [78] | ||
| Hugo Timothy Lloyd | Queen′s Dragoon Guards | 30 June 2026 | [78] | |||
| James Fraser Stuart McLeman | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | 30 June 2026 | [79] | |||
| Andrew Mitchell | Army Air Corps | 30 June 2026 | [79] | |||
| Phillip Charles Moxey | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Field Army | Royal Anglian Regiment | MBE | 30 June 2026 | [79] | |
| Richard David Newland | Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | OBE | 30 June 2026 | [79] | ||
| Matthew Charles Ambrose Palmer | Yorkshire Regiment | 30 June 2026 | [79] | |||
| Karen Peek | Royal Regiment of Artillery | MBE | 30 June 2026 | [79] | ||
| James Ewart Richard Rhodes | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2026 | [79] | |||
| Andrew Stewart Richardson | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2026 | [79] | |||
| Graham John Sefton | Royal Regiment of Scotland | CBE | 30 June 2026 | [79] | ||
| Matthew Anthony Taylor | Parachute Regiment | 30 June 2026 | [79] | |||
| Angus Myles Arthur Tilney | King′s Royal Hussars | MC | 30 June 2026 | [79] | ||
| Andrew Patrick Todd | Royal Gurkha Rifles | MBE | 30 June 2026 | [79] | ||
| Christopher James Wild | Royal Regiment of Artillery | 30 June 2026 | [79] |
Acting
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment or corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Deputy Chaplain-Generals
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment or corps | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David John Barrett | Deputy Chaplain-General | Royal Army Chaplains' Department |
































































