General Sir Michael David Jackson,is a retired British Army officer and one of its most high-profile generals since the Second World War. Originally commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1963,he transferred to the Parachute Regiment in 1970,with which he served two of his three tours of duty in Northern Ireland. On his first,he was present as an adjutant at the events of the Ballymurphy massacre (1971),where eleven unarmed civilians were shot dead by British troops,and then at Bloody Sunday in 1972,when British soldiers opened fire on unarmed protesters,killing fourteen. On his second,he was a company commander in the aftermath of the Warrenpoint ambush (1979),the British Army's heaviest single loss of life during the Troubles. He was assigned to a staff post at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 1982 before assuming command of the 1st Battalion,Parachute Regiment,in 1984. Jackson was posted to Northern Ireland for the third time,as a brigade commander,in the early 1990s.
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.
General Sir John George Reith,is a retired senior British Army officer who was the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from October 2004 to October 2007.
General Francis Richard Dannatt,Baron Dannatt,is a retired senior British Army officer and member of the House of Lords. He was Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2009.
Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Cameron Maxwell Lamb,is a retired British Army officer. He is a former Commander of the Field Army at Land Command,known for his contributions to counter-insurgency.
General Sir Nicholas Ralph Parker,is a former British Army officer who served as Commander Land Forces until December 2012.
Air Chief Marshal Stuart William Peach,Baron Peach,is a British retired senior Royal Air Force officer. After training as a navigator,Peach commanded IX (Bomber) Squadron and then became Deputy Station Commander RAF Bruggen. He was deployed as NATO Air Commander (Forward) in Kosovo in 2000. He went on to be Chief of Defence Intelligence in 2006,Chief of Joint Operations in 2009 and the first Commander of Joint Forces Command in December 2011 before being appointed Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in May 2013. Peach succeeded General Sir Nick Houghton as Chief of the Defence Staff on 14 July 2016. He succeeded General Petr Pavel as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee on 29 June 2018,serving as such until his retirement from NATO in June 2021.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Gary George Dalton,is a retired senior officer of the Royal Air Force and former Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey.
Lieutenant General Sir Barnabas William Benjamin White-Spunner,is a retired British Army officer,who was subsequently executive chairman of the Countryside Alliance until 2016. He is an author,a director of Burstock Ltd. and was appointed chairman of the advisory board of UK Fisheries Ltd in October 2018.
General Sir Adrian John Bradshaw,is a former British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. He also served as Director Special Forces from 2006 to 2009 and Commander Land Forces in 2013.
General Sir Alexander Richard David Shirreff,is a retired senior British Army officer and author. From March 2011 to March 2014 he served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter,is a retired senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff from June 2018 to November 2021.
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 John Gordon Lorimer,is a retired senior British Army officer,who served as the Chief of Joint Operations and the Defence Senior Adviser to the Middle East and North Africa. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man on 29 September 2021.
Vice Admiral Sir Charles Anthony Johnstone-Burt,is a retired Royal Navy officer who is currently serving as the Master of the Household. In this role,he took part in the 2023 Coronation.
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 Edward Grant Martin Davis,is a former senior Royal Marines officer. He was Commandant General Royal Marines from December 2011 to June 2014,and the Deputy Commander of NATO's Allied Land Command in Izmir,Turkey,from 2014 to 2015. He was Governor of Gibraltar from 2016 to 2020.
General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith,is a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from June 2018 to June 2022. He previously served as Director Special Forces and commanded 22 Special Air Service Regiment.
General Sir Timothy Buchan Radford,is a retired British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe,Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission.
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.
