Lieutenant General Sir Robert Alan Fry,served as a Royal Marine for over 30 years and was involved in military operations in Northern Ireland,the Gulf,Kosovo,Iraq and Afghanistan. After retirement from military service he went into private business and,in 2007,became CEO of Hewlett Packard's defence and security business in Europe,the Middle East and Africa. In 2010 he was appointed chairman of McKinney Rogers International and subsequently,in 2011,Albany Associates.
Vice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns,is a former senior officer in the Royal Navy,serving as Second Sea Lord between 2005 and 2008. He was the Governor of Gibraltar between 2009 and 2013.
General Sir Nicholas Ralph Parker,is a former British Army officer who served as Commander Land Forces until December 2012.
Major General Garry Stuart Robison,is a retired Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant-General Royal Marines and Commander United Kingdom Amphibious Forces from 2006 to 2009.
Rear Admiral Christopher John Parry,is a British retired Royal Navy officer who was the first chair of the British Government's Marine Management Organisation until November 2010.
Vice Admiral Sir David George Steel,is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord between 2012 and 2015. He assumed the office of Governor of Gibraltar on 11 June 2020.
Lieutenant General Sir James Benjamin "Jim" Dutton,is a retired Royal Marines officer and former Governor of Gibraltar. He held various staff positions in his early career,before commanding 40 Commando. As a brigadier,he held two high-level staff posts—the first at the Ministry of Defence in London,as Director of NATO policy,and the second as a British liaison to The Pentagon shortly after the September 11 attacks,where he was involved in the planning for the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan.
Lieutenant General Sir George Pemberton Ross Norton,is a retired British Army officer. He was the UK Military Representative to NATO from 2016 to 2020,and has served as the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies since 2020.
Lieutenant General Timothy Paul Evans,is a retired British Army officer,who served as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2012 to 2013 and then commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps from 2013 to 2016.
Major General Francis Hedley Roberton "Buster" Howes,is a former Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from February 2010 to December 2011.
Major General David Wilson,is a retired senior Royal Marines officer who briefly served as Commandant General Royal Marines from February to August 2004.
Lieutenant General Stuart Richard Skeates,is a retired senior British Army officer. He served as Deputy Commander of JFC Brunssum from December 2018 to December 2021. He also previously served as Standing Joint Force Commander from 2015 to 2018.
Major General Martin Linn Smith,is a former senior Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 2014 to 2016. He was previously commander of 3 Commando Brigade,and before that Commanding Officer of 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group and Deputy Commander of 3 Commando Brigade. Smith is currently a non-executive adviser of Texo Group.
General Sir Patrick Nicholas Yardley Monrad Sanders,,is a senior British Army officer serving as Chief of the General Staff since June 2022.
Lieutenant General Richard Edward Nugee,CB,CVO,CBE is a retired senior British Army officer. He served in several senior roles including Defence Services Secretary (2015–2016) and Chief of Defence People (2016–2020),before ending his career leading a review into climate change policy in the Ministry of Defence between March 2020 and May 2021.
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Andrew Magowan,is a senior Royal Marines officer who serves as the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff since May 2022. He previously served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 2016 to 2017 and again from 2021 to 2022.
Lieutenant General Charles Richard Stickland,is a senior Royal Marines officer,who has served as the Chief of Joint Operations since November 2021. He was Commandant General Royal Marines from January 2018 to June 2019.
Lieutenant General Douglas McKenzie Chalmers,is a former British Army officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff from 2018 to 2021. He is currently Master of Emmanuel College,Cambridge.
General Gwyn Jenkins,is the senior Royal Marines officer,serving as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff since August 2022. He was concurrently appointed Commandant General Royal Marines in November 2022.
Major General Matthew John Holmes,was a British senior Royal Marines officer who served for more than three decades in the armed forces. After studying economics at the University of Exeter,he joined the Royal Marines and undertook early tours of duty to Norway,the Far East,Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe. After being deployed to Kosovo and Afghanistan,he commanded 42 Commando Royal Marines from 2006 to 2008 and was awarded a Distinguished Service Order for his leadership in Afghanistan. Holmes served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 2019 to 2021.
