Academy sergeant major

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The academy sergeant major [1] is the senior non-commissioned officer instructor at a military academy.

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British Army

At the British Army's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the academy sergeant major (AcSM) [a] holds the rank of warrant officer class 1. Almost always held by a guardsman, it is one of the most senior warrant officer appointments in the British Army.

List of academy sergeant majors

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Lord, JCWarrant Officer Class One
JC Lord MVO MBE 		December 1960August 1963  Grenadier Guards
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Phillips, CHWarrant Officer Class One
CH Phillips MBE 		August 1963December 1970  Welsh Guards
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Huggins, RPWarrant Officer Class One
RP Huggins MBE 		December 1970February 1980  Grenadier Guards
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Cleary, DPWarrant Officer Class One
DP Cleary MBE 		February 1980September 1987  Irish Guards
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Nesbitt, MWarrant Officer Class One
M Nesbitt		September 1987August 1993  Grenadier Guards
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Cox, DLWarrant Officer Class One
DL Cox		August 1993August 1994  Grenadier Guards
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McCormack, RHWarrant Officer Class One
RH McCormack		September 1994April 1997  Coldstream Guards
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Crawford, AJWarrant Officer Class One
AJ Crawford MBE 		May 1997April 2000  Scots Guards
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Convery, RWarrant Officer Class One
R Convery		April 2000December 2002  Scots Guards
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Gaunt, MWarrant Officer Class One
M Gaunt OBE 		December 2002August 2005  Grenadier Guards
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Nichols, SimonWarrant Officer Class One
Simon Nichols MBE 		August 2005August 2007  Irish Guards
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Carr, P.JWarrant Officer Class One
P.J Carr		August 2007April 2010  Coldstream Guards
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Martin, RossWarrant Officer Class One
Ross Martin		April 2010December 2011  Irish Guards
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Stokes, AndrewWarrant Officer Class One
Vern Stokes MVO MSM
[2] 		December 20112014  Coldstream Guards
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Haughton, GlennWarrant Officer Class One
Glenn Haughton MSM
(born 1972)		January 20142015  Grenadier Guards
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Macphee, DWarrant Officer Class One
D. Macphee
(born 1972)		April 2015April 2017  Scots Guards
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Taylor, CarlWarrant Officer Class One
Carl Taylor		April 2017January 2021  Welsh Guards
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Purcell, AndyWarrant Officer Class One
Andy Purcell		April 2017August 2021  Irish Guards
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Kirkwood, ColinWarrant Officer Class One
Colin Kirkwood		August 2021April 2023  Scots Guards
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Cope, DanielWarrant Officer Class One
Daniel Cope		April 2023Present  Welsh Guards

Australian Defence Force

At the Australian Defence Force Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) also holds the rank of warrant officer class 1 or equivalent and is drawn on rotation from all three services.

Sri Lanka Army

At the Sri Lanka Military Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) is of the rank of warrant officer class I.

Notes

  1. ↑ ASM in the British Army stands for artificer sergeant major, an appointment in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

References

  1. ↑ Note that in the British Army, the plural is "academy sergeant majors" and not "academy sergeants major". "No. 48587". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 April 1981. p. 5671. "No. 25044". The London Gazette . 2 December 1881. p. 6467. The earliest usage of "sergeant majors" in The Times is in 1822. The last of the (very occasional) usages of "sergeants major", except when referring to American NCOs, is in 1938.
  2. ↑ "WO1 (GSM) Andrew 'Vern' Stokes, Coldstream Guards". Trooping the Colour. Retrieved 7 July 2021.


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