Field Marshal Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs, was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1976 to 1979, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1989 to 1996. He saw active service in the Second World War and acted as chief of staff to the commander of the operation to evacuate all British troops and civilians from Aden during the Aden Emergency.
Field Marshal Michael John Dawson Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham, is a retired British Army officer. Commissioned in 1966, he served in Cyprus, Northern Ireland, and in a variety of staff posts in the United Kingdom until 1984. After being given command of a battalion, he was mentioned in despatches for his service during a second tour of duty in Northern Ireland, this time in Derry, and subsequently served a tour on Gibraltar. He was promoted to brigadier, unusually having never held the rank of colonel, and took command of 20th Armoured Brigade in Germany before becoming I Corps chief of staff.
Lieutenant-General Sir George Sidney Clive, was a British Army officer who subsequently became Military Secretary.
General John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton, Baron Houghton of Richmond, is a retired senior British Army officer and former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the British Armed Forces. He was appointed CDS in July 2013, following the retirement of General Sir David Richards. He served as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, the Green Howards in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and later became Commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland. He deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq during the Iraq War. Later, he became Chief of Joint Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters and served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff until assuming the position of CDS. Houghton retired from the British Army in July 2016, and was succeeded as CDS by Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach.
Lieutenant General Sir Terence Sydney Airey was an officer in the British Army.
General Sir Bernard Charles Tolver Paget, was a British Army officer who served with distinction in the First World War, and then later during the Second World War, when he commanded the 21st Army Group from June to December 1943 and was Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) Middle East Command from January 1944 to October 1946. He was the senior serving general in the British Army and, in Richard Mead's words, "he was possibly the most talented and well-qualified senior British general never to have held a top active service field command, but his contribution to the development of the Army during the War was nevertheless immense."
Lieutenant General Sir Maurice Robert Johnston is a retired British Army officer. He served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff from 1981 to 1982, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1996 to 2004.
General Sir Herbert John Mogg, was a senior British Army officer who also held the NATO position of Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) and was "in his time, probably the British army's most popular general".
General Sir Robert Alan Pascoe, is a retired British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1988 to 1990.
General Sir Kenneth Thomas Darling was a senior British Army officer who after serving with distinction during the Second World War was Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Allied Forces Northern Europe 1967–69.
General Sir George Watkin Eben James Erskine, was a British Army officer from Hascombe, Surrey. After he graduated from Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Erskine was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps and saw action on the Western Front of the First World War. During the Second World War, he commanded the 7th Armoured Division from 1943 to 1944. Erksine later commanded counterinsurgency operations against the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA) during the Mau Mau rebellion.
Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Otway Herbert, was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second World War and achieved high command in the 1950s.
General Sir Charles Parker Deedes, was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.
Major-General Sir Frederick Spencer Wilson Robb, was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.
Major General Patrick Claude Marriott is a former British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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 Reginald Geoffrey Stirling Hobbs, was a British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 1954 to 1957.
Major General Thomas Norman Samuel Wheeler, was a British Army officer who commanded the 2nd Division from 1964 to 1966.
Lieutenant General Peter Thomas Clayton Pearson, is a former British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2006 to 2007.
Major General Frederick Clarence Campbell Graham was a senior British Army officer.
