List of senior female officers of the British Armed Forces

Three senior female officers in 2019: Cdre Eleanor Ablett, AVM Chris Elliot, and Air Cdre Maria Byford

The following is a list of women who have reached general, flag or air officer rank in the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force, not including those given honorary ranks. An air commodore is considered an air officer rank, ^[1] and although the equivalent ranks of brigadier or commodore are not considered general or flag rank in their respective services, those who have reached these ranks and above are included in this list.

Royal Navy

Name	Image	Rank	Date of promotion	Active/Retired
Jude Terry		Rear Admiral	17 January 2022 [2]	Active
Fleur Marshall		Surgeon Rear Admiral	21 March 2023 [3]	Active
Carolyn Stait		Commodore	22 June 2004 [4]	Retired
Inga Kennedy		Commodore	9 February 2015 [5]	Active
Eleanor L. Ablett		Commodore	28 August 2018 [6]	Retired
Melanie S. Robinson		Commodore RNR	4 February 2020 [7] [8]	Retired
Alison J. Hofman		Commodore	17 August 2020 [9] [10]	Active
Sharon L. Malkin		Commodore	2 June 2021 [11]	Active
Joanna L. Adey		Commodore	25 July 2023 [12]	Active

British Army

Name	Image	Rank	Date of promotion	Active/Retired
Sharon Nesmith		General	10 June 2024 [13]	Active
Susan Ridge		Major General	20 September 2015 [14]	Retired [15]
Celia J. Harvey		Major General	11 March 2020 [16]	Active (reservist)
Anna-Lee Reilly		Major General	29 November 2022 [17]	Active
Sarah Johansen		Major General	26 June 2023 [18]	Active
Lisa C. Keetley		Major General	2 September 2024 [19]	Active
Patricia Purves		Brigadier	30 June 1999 [20]	Retired
Nicky Moffat		Brigadier	30 June 2009 [21]	Retired
Fiona H. Gardner		Brigadier	30 June 2015 [22]	Retired [23]
Suzanne Anderson		Brigadier	31 December 2015 [24]	Active
Caroline L. Hull		Brigadier	30 June 2020 [25]	Active
Sara L. Sharkey		Brigadier	30 June 2017 [26]	Active
Ingrid A. Rolland		Brigadier	4 December 2017 [27]	Active (Reservist)
Anna Clare Luedicke		Brigadier	30 June 2017 [28]	Active
Vivienne Wendy Buck		Brigadier	30 June 2019 [29]	Retired [30]
Janice A. Cook		Brigadier	30 June 2019 [31]	Deceased [32]
Anna-Lee Reilly		Brigadier	30 June 2019 [33] [34]	Active
Alison L. Curnow		Brigadier	30 June 2020 [35]	Active
Elizabeth J. Faithfull-Davies		Brigadier	30 June 2020 [35]	Active
Caroline Hull		Brigadier	30 June 2020 [35]	Active
Clare Philips		Brigadier	30 June 2021 [36]	Active
Lucinda Westerman		Brigadier	30 June 2021 [36]	Active

Royal Air Force

Name	Image	Rank	Date of promotion	Active/Retired
Sue Gray		Air Marshal	29 March 2019 [37]	Retired
Clare Walton		Air Marshal	3 July 2023 [38]	Active
Elaine West		Air Vice-Marshal	1 August 2013 [39]	Active (reservist)
Christina Elliot		Air Vice-Marshal	1 July 2016 [40]	Retired
Alison Mardell		Air Vice-Marshal	29 April 2017 [41]	Retired
Tamara Jennings		Air Vice-Marshal	29 September 2018 [42] [43]	Active
Maria Byford		Air Vice-Marshal	24 February 2020 [44] [45]	Retired
Suraya A. Marshall		Air Vice-Marshal	6 October 2021 [46] [47]	Active
Barbara Cooper		Air Commodore	1 January 2008 [48]	Retired
Jayne Millington		Air Commodore	2012	Deceased [49]
Dawn McCafferty		Air Commodore	17 August 2012 [50]	Retired [51]
Suzanne N. Perkins		Air Commodore	21 August 2017 [52] [53]	Active
Catherine C. Coton		Air Commodore	4 September 2017 [54]	Retired
Wendy Rothery		Air Commodore	2 April 2018 [55] [56]	Active

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