List of serving senior officers of the British Army

This is a list of serving senior officers of the British Army. It includes currently serving generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadiers. ^[1]

Generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former regiment/corps	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Sir James Richard Hockenhull		Commander Cyber & Specialist Operations Command	Intelligence Corps	KBE	23 May 2022	[2]
Dame Sharon Patricia Moffat Nesmith		Vice Chief of the Defence Staff	Royal Signals	DCB	10 June 2024	[3]
Sir Charles Roland Vincent Walker		Chief of the General Staff	Grenadier Guards Special Air Service	KCB, DSO	15 June 2024	[4]

Lieutenant generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former regiment/corps	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Sir Ralph William Wooddisse		Commander, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps	Royal Anglian Regiment	KCB, CBE, MC	19 April 2021	[5]
Sir Ian John Cave		UK National Military Representative to NATO UK National Military Representative to the EU	Queen's Lancashire Regiment Cheshire Regiment Mercian Regiment	KCB	11 June 2021	[6]
Sir Thomas Richardson Copinger-Symes		Deputy Commander, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Director General of Joint Force Development, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command	Royal Green Jackets The Rifles	KCB, CBE	18 May 2022	[7]
Sir Charles Seymour Collins		Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations)	Royal Green Jackets The Rifles	KBE, DSO	4 September 2023	[8]
Simon P. Hamilton		Director General Land, Defence Equipment and Support	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	CBE	8 December 2023	[9]
Michael Richard Elviss		Commander Field Army Master Gunner, St James's Park	Royal Artillery	CB, MBE, QCVS (x2)	March 2024	[10]
David James Eastman		Deputy Chief of the General Staff	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	MBE	10 June 2024	[11]
Jeremy Matthew James Bennett		Deputy Commander, Allied Land Command	Royal Artillery	CBE	18 October 2024	[12]
Nicholas Charles Laybourne Perry		Chief of Joint Operations	Royal Hussars	DSO, MBE	15 November 2024	[13]
John Robert Mead		Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum	Royal Artillery	CB, OBE	6 December 2024	[12]
Anna-Lee Reilly		Director General of Core Delivery, Defence Equipment and Support	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	CB	18 August 2025	[14]
Paul Raymond Griffiths		Commander, Standing Joint Command	Royal Signals	CB	1 September 2025	[15]

Major generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former regiment/corps	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Gerald Mark Strickland		Senior British Loan Services Officer to Oman	6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles Royal Gurkha Rifles	DSO, MBE	6 May 2019	[16]
James Maurice Hannan Bowder		General Officer Commanding, London District Major-General commanding the Household Division	Grenadier Guards	OBE	19 July 2019	[17]
Michael R. Keating			Army Air Corps	CBE	14 May 2021	[18]
Christopher Brendan Kevin Barry			Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Welsh Special Air Service [19]	CBE	10 December 2021	[20]
Eldon Nicholas Somerville Millar		Deputy Commander, NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy	Royal Engineers	CVO, MBE	15 March 2022	[21]
Thomas Howard Bewick		Commander, British Forces Cyprus	The Light Infantry The Rifles	OBE	5 May 2022	[2]
Marc Anthony John McHardy Overton		Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets)	Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment London Regiment	CB, TD, VR	15 June 2022	[22]
Jonathan Swift		Assistant Chief of the General Staff	Royal Regiment of Fusiliers	OBE	6 July 2022	[23]
Zachary Raymond Stenning		Director of Strategy, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command	Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment	CB, OBE	29 July 2022	[24]
Mark Pullan		Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Joint Force Command Brunssum	Royal Artillery	CBE	12 September 2022	[25]
Thomas Julian Bateman		Standing Joint Force Commander	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoon Guards	CBE	16 September 2022	[26]
Julian N.E. Buczacki			Royal Lancers	CBE	2 December 2022	[27]
Philip David Prosser		Director of Joint Support, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	CBE	13 February 2023	[28]
Benjamin James Cattermole		Commander, Joint Inter-Agency Task Force Lazurite	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	CBE	5 May 2023	[29]
Sarah Helen Johansen		Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence	Intelligence Corps	MBE	26 June 2023	[30]
Andrew J. W. Sturrock		Director of Strategy and Plans, Defence Infrastructure Organisation	Royal Engineers		3 July 2023	[30]
Dominic Stead James Biddick			Royal Anglian Regiment	MBE MC	28 July 2023	[30]
Daniel Reeve		Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations and Commitments)	Educational and Training Services Branch The Rifles	MC	31 July 2023	[30]
Oliver J. Kingsbury		Commander, Land Warfare Centre Director of Land Warfare, Army Command	Parachute Regiment	OBE	2 August 2023	[30]
James Matthew Senior		General Officer Commanding, Regional Command Commander, Army Cadet Force	Light Dragoons	CBE	21 August 2023	[8]
Matthew H. Jones		Director of Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration, Defence Intelligence	Intelligence Corps	OBE	29 August 2023	[30]
Samuel L. Humphris		Director of Personnel, Army Command	Duke of Wellington's Regiment Yorkshire Regiment	MBE	11 September 2023	[31]
Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton		Director of Reserves, Army Command	Royal Engineers	TD, VR, PC	3 October 2023	[32]
Robin Ronald Edward Lindsay		Military Secretary and General Officer, Scotland	Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland	CBE	13 October 2023	[33]
Ian Alexander J. Turner		Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability and Force Design)	Irish Guards	DSO	23 October 2023	[34]
Charles A. Hewitt		Vice Director of Operations, United States European Command	Royal Artillery		4 December 2023	[35]
Richard A. Allen		Director of Army Legal Services	Army Legal Services		1 January 2024	[36]
Mark R. Purves		Director of Information, Army Command Chief Information Officer, Army Command	Royal Signals		1 March 2024	[9]
Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt		Deputy Chief of Staff, Field Army	Royal Logistic Corps	CBE	22 April 2024	[37]
Paul Terence Tedman		Commander, United Kingdom Space Command	Army Air Corps	CBE	12 May 2024	[38]
John L. Clark		Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Joint Force Command Naples	Royal Engineers	CBE	24 July 2024	[39]
Lisa C. Keetley		Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (People Capability) Defence Services Secretary	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers		2 September 2024	[40]
Nicholas David Guise Cowley		Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst General Officer Commanding, Army Individual Training Command Director of Army Leadership	The Queen's Royal Hussars	OBE	18 October 2024	[13]
John Richards Kendall		Deputy Commander Field Army	Royal Signals	VR, DL	19 November 2024	[41]
James Chenevix Coote		Senior British Military Advisor to United States Central Command	Royal Engineers Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment	DSO, OBE	31 January 2025	[42]
Joseph Edward Fossey		Director of Recruiting, Army Command	Royal Engineers	OBE	28 February 2025	[43]
Andrew D. Cox		Deputy Commanding General (Support), III (US) Armored Corps	Staffordshire Regiment Mercian Regiment	MBE	4 April 2025	[44]
Robert Sholto James Hedderwick		General Officer Commanding, 1st (United Kingdom) Division	Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland		1 August 2025	[45]
Philip A. Carter		Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces	Royal Army Medical Corps		4 August 2025	[45]
Charles Edward Digby Grist		Deputy Commanding General (Manoeuvre), V (US) Corps	Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles	OBE	15 August 2025	[14]
Matthew Timothy Cansdale		Director of Futures, Army Command	Parachute Regiment	CBE	15 September 2025	[46]
Alexander James Smith		Director of Basing and Infrastructure, Army Command	Royal Signals	CBE	25 September 2025	[47]
Christopher King		Director of Programmes, Army Command	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	CBE	3 October 2025	[48]
Anthony Peter Finn		Director of Medical Personnel and Training, Defence Medical Services	Royal Army Medical Corps		17 November 2025	[48]
Carl William Boswell		Chief of Staff, Field Army	Devonshire and Dorset Regiment The Rifles	QCVS	17 November 2025	[48]
Neil Darren Grant		Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps	Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment	DSO, MC	21 November 2025	[49]
Oliver Charles Christopher Brown		General Officer Commanding, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division	Royal Anglian Regiment	CBE
Adrian P. Reilly		Director of Ukrainian Capabilities, Ministry of Defence	Royal Regiment of Scotland
Peter J. Rowell		Commandant, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom	Royal Engineers
Philip A. J. McNee			Royal Army Medical Corps

Acting

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former regiment/corps	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Elizabeth Jane Faithfull-Davies		Director of Land Equipment, Defence Equipment and Support	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	CBE	March 2024	[50]

Chaplain-Generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former regiment/corps	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Michael D. Parker		Chaplain-General to His Majesty's Land Forces	Royal Army Chaplains' Department		8 May 2022	[51]

Brigadiers

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former regiment or corps	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Angus George Costeker Fair		Deputy Director of Military Support, Ministry of Defence	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Light Dragoons	CBE, DSO	30 June 2016	[52]
Benjamin M. A. Wrench		Head of Defence Land Safety Regulator, Defence Safety Authority	Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland		30 June 2018	[53]
Alastair Buchanan Veitch		UK Defence Attaché to France	Royal Engineers		31 December 2018	[54]
Stephen William Rayson		Deputy Commander, Standing Joint Command	Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps	QVRM, TD, VR	23 August 2019	[55]
Raymond Griffiths Hughes		Deputy Commander, Army Recruiting	Duke of Lancaster's Regiment	QVRM TD	9 May 2020	[56]
Nigel J. Best		UK Defence Attaché to Australia	17th/21st Lancers Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers	OBE	30 June 2020	[57]
Alison L. Curnow			Royal Logistic Corps		30 June 2020	[57]
Christopher D. Davies		Head of International Communications and Engagement, Army Command	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment	OBE	30 June 2020	[57]
Andrew P. L. Dawes			Royal Artillery	CBE	30 June 2020	[57]
Keith J. Eble		Head Legal Advisory, Army Command	Army Legal Services		31 December 2020	[58]
Philip J. Bassingham-Searle		Head of Armed Forces Renumeration, Ministry of Defence	Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment		30 June 2021	[59]
Richard S. C. Bell			Royal Irish Regiment		30 June 2021	[59]
Matthew J. Birch		Head of C4ISTAR, Army Command	Royal Artillery		30 June 2021	[59]
Clare Patricia Philips		Deputy Military Secretary	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	CBE	30 June 2021	[59]
Jeremy E. G. Sharpe		Head of Tactical Systems, National Cyber Force	Royal Artillery		30 June 2021	[59]
Lucinda Caryl Westerman		Deputy UK National Military Representative to the EU	Royal Signals	CBE	30 June 2021	[59]
Duncan Robertson Wilson			Royal Army Medical Corps	QHP	30 June 2021	[59]
Marcus J. Mudd			Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers	CBE, DSO	30 June 2021	[60]
Michael D. Cornwell		Head of Future Force Development, Army Command	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment	OBE	31 December 2021	[61]
Jon P. Cresswell			Royal Artillery		31 December 2021	[61]
Julian Guy Hill		Director, Saudi Arabian National Guard Communications Project	Royal Signals	OBE	31 December 2021	[61]
Shay J. J. Marks		Commander, British Military Mission to Kuwait	Intelligence Corps		31 December 2021	[61]
Edward Dixon Sandry		UK Defence Attaché to Canada	Parachute Regiment	OBE	31 December 2021	[61]
James W. Taylor		Head of Personnel Policy, Army Command	Royal Regiment of Fusiliers	MBE	31 December 2021	[61]
Mark C. P. Wilson			Royal Green Jackets The Rifles	MBE	31 December 2021	[61]
Matthew Joseph Petersen		Head, Army Staff Forum	Parachute Regiment Royal Welsh Regiment Royal Welsh	VR	1 March 2022	[62]
Gillian Heather Wilkinson		Deputy Military Secretary (Reserves)	Army Reserve Royal Logistic Corps	QVRM	28 April 2022	[63]
Adam Fraser-Hitchen		Deputy Commander (Reserves), 3rd (United Kingdom) Division	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	ADC, DL, VR	2 May 2022	[64]
Bibek Banerjee		Head, Royal Army Medical Service (Reserves)	Army Reserve	QVRM	27 June 2022	[63]
Mark James David Ackrill			Army Air Corps		30 June 2022	[65]
Guy Justin Boxall		Assistant Chief of Staff (Infrastructure), Cyber & Specialist Operations Command	Royal Engineers	MBE	30 June 2022	[65]
Neil James Mark Budd		Director of Defence Reform Programme, Ministry of Defence	Royal Artillery	OBE	30 June 2022	[65]
Owen George Bunkle		Commander, Defence Centre of Training Support	Royal Logistic Corps		30 June 2022	[65]
Michael John Fayers			Royal Signals		30 June 2022	[65]
Guy Baron Foden		Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Permanent Joint Headquarters	Royal Anglian Regiment		30 June 2022	[65]
Andrew Michael Gilks		Head of CBRN Capability, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command	Army Air Corps	MBE	30 June 2022	[65]
Andrew D. Griffiths		Commander, Armed Forces Recruiting	Staff and Personnel Support Branch	OBE	30 June 2022	[65]
Craig Ian Hanson		Commander, 101st Operational Sustainment Brigade	Royal Logistic Corps	CBE	30 June 2022	[65]
Karl Ryan Harris		Director, Land Command and Staff College	Royal Artillery	CBE	30 June 2022	[65]
Richard Paul Hart		Head of Global Campaigns, Russia, and Wider Europe, Ministry of Defence	Royal Artillery		30 June 2022	[65]
Justin George Edward Stenhouse		Head of Capability Plans, Ministry of Defence	1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards	CBE, DSO	30 June 2022	[65]
Matthew Richard Wilkinson		Assistant Chief of Staff (Equipment), Field Army	Royal Engineers	MBE	30 June 2022	[65]
Julian Anthony Paul Ladd		Deputy Director of Land Warfare, Army Command	Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment	TD, VR	1 July 2022	[7]
James Owen McCay Lyttle			Royal Irish Regiment Army Reserve	MBE, TD, VR	4 July 2022	[66] [67]
Christopher John Ledsham		Assistant Chief of Staff (Reserves), Field Army	Army Reserve	TD	17 October 2022	[66]
Mark Jeffrie Comer		Deputy Assistant Director of Logistics and Resources, International Military Staff	Royal Logistics Corps		31 December 2022	[68]
Andrew Stuart Garner		Commandant, The Soldier Academy	Yorkshire Regiment	CBE	31 December 2022	[68]
Denis James		Commander, British Military Mission to Saudi Arabian National Guard	Life Guards		31 December 2022	[68]
Jaish Kanaresh Mahan		Deputy Commander (Reserves), 1st (United Kingdom) Division	Royal Army Medical Corps		5 June 2023	[66]
Robert Nicholas Alston		Chief of Joint Fires and Influence, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps	Royal Regiment of Artillery	MBE	30 June 2023	[69]
Simon John Carvel		Senior Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	Royal Engineers		30 June 2023	[69]
Philip de Rouffignac		Senior Responsible Officer, Renovator Project	Royal Army Medical Corps	MStJ	30 June 2023	[69]
Leigh James Drummond		Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Field Army	Royal Regiment of Scotland	MBE	30 June 2023	[69]
Daniel Bruce Duff		Chief of Joint Force Operations, Permanent Joint Headquarters	1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards		30 June 2023	[69]
Rupert Spark Evetts		Commander, 77th Brigade	Blues and Royals	OBE	30 June 2023	[69]
Karl Lewis Frankland		Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Spain	Royal Logistic Corps		30 June 2023	[69]
Giles Richard Harris		Commander, NATO Battlegroup Estonia	Welsh Guards	DSO, OBE	30 June 2023	[69]
Paul M. Hayhurst		UK Defence Attaché to Pakistan	Army Air Corps		30 June 2023	[69]
Jeremy Lamb		Head of Military Euro-Atlantic Security, Ministry of Defence	Royal Regiment of Fusiliers	MC	30 June 2023	[69]
Tobias Lambert		Head of International Industry and Prosperity, Army Command	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	OBE	30 June 2023	[69]
Michael John Morton		Head of Digital Strategy, Defence Digital	Royal Signals		30 June 2023	[69]
David Thomas Pack		Head of Personnel Strategy, Army Command	Royal Gurkha Rifles	OBE	30 June 2023	[69]
Sarah Louise Pringle-Smith		Provost Marshal Commander, 1st Military Police Brigade Chief of Military Police, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Inspector of Service Custody Premises	Adjutant General′s Corps		30 June 2023	[69]
Jeremy Andrew Rostron			Parachute Regiment		30 June 2023	[69]
Henry Lister Searby			Queen′s Royal Lancers	OBE	30 June 2023	[69]
Robert James Singleton		Commander, Combat Manoeuvre Centre	Duke of Lancaster's Regiment		30 June 2023	[69]
Simon Geoffrey Smith			Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	MBE	30 June 2023	[69]
Nicholas Thomas		Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Command	1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards	CBE	30 June 2023	[69]
John Crichton Wakelin		Head of Training Capability, Army Command Director, Collective Training Transformation Programme	The Rifles	OBE	30 June 2023	[69]
Caroline J. Woodbridge-Lewin		Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training	Royal Signals	MBE	30 June 2023	[69]
John Marcus Hugh Woolmer			Intelligence Corps		30 June 2023	[69]
Timothy Peter Jenkins		Deputy Director of Reserves, Army Command	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment	OBE, TD, VR	7 August 2023	[66]
Peter Beaumont		Director of Operations, Army Recruiting	Royal Artillery		31 December 2023	[70]
Mark Simon Peter Berry			Life Guards		31 December 2023	[70]
Jody Philip Davies		Commander, 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland	Royal Corps of Transport Royal Gurkha Rifles	MBE	31 December 2023	[70]
Nicholas Daniel Doyle		Head of Arms and Services, Standing Joint Command	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers		31 December 2023	[70]
Jamie Christopher Murray			Royal Gurkha Rifles		31 December 2023	[70]
Peter Thomas Quaite		Head of Infrastructure Plans, Army Command	Royal Engineers	OBE	31 December 2023	[70]
Graeme Crichton Wearmouth		UK Defence Attaché to Iraq	Royal Scots Royal Regiment of Scotland	OBE	31 December 2023	[70]
Nicholas Marshall Wight-Boycott		Commander, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst	Royal Scots Royal Regiment of Scotland	OBE	31 December 2023	[70]
Benjamin Mark Wilde		UK Defence Attaché to Saudi Arabia	Cheshire Regiment Mercian Regiment	MBE	31 December 2023	[70]
Patrick William Benjamin Wright		Head of Armed Forces and Veterans Services, Defence Business Services	Adjutant General′s Corps	CBE	31 December 2023	[70]
Nicholas James Sutherland			Royal Anglian Regiment East of England Regiment	VR	1 February 2024	[71]
Jason Ainley		Chief Engineer, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Chief of Civil-Military Interaction, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps	Royal Engineers	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Peter William Stanhope Baines		Commander, Army Special Operations Brigade	Royal Green Jackets The Rifles	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Matthew Richard Baker		Head of Integration and Training, Integrated Warfare Centre	Educational and Training Services Branch Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Joanna Leigh Bowen		Head of Operational Law, Army Command	Army Legal Services		30 June 2024	[72]
Oliver John Hamlyn Bryant		UK Defence Attaché to Kenya	Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment		30 June 2024	[72]
Edward Gilbert Robin Cartwright		Commander, 16 Air Assault Brigade	Parachute Regiment	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Duncan Campbell Close		Deputy Commanding General, 1st (French) Armored Division	Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland		30 June 2024	[72]
Samuel George Cooke		Head of Equipment Plans, Defence Equipment and Support	Royal Logistics Corps		30 June 2024	[72]
Christopher Lionel Coton		Head of Concepts and Joint Force Development, Defence Futures	Royal Artillery		30 June 2024	[72]
Nicholas George English		Commander, 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team	Army Air Corps	MBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Adam Nicholas Baron Foden			Queen's Royal Lancers Royal Lancers	DSO MBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Andrew James Charles Geary		Chief of Staff, Regional Command	Army Air Corps	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Christopher Gent		Deputy Chief of Staff (Transformation and Integration), Allied Land Command	Royal Artillery		30 June 2024	[72]
David Charles Glendenning		Commander, 3rd Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade	Royal Artillery		30 June 2024	[72]
Richard George Hallett		Commander, Standing Joint Force Logistics Component	Royal Logistic Corps	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Gavin Paul Hatcher		Head of Overseas and Training, Defence Infrastructure Organisation	Royal Engineers	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Paul Barry Hughes		Head of Engineering Assurance and Certification, Defence Equipment and Support	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers		30 June 2024	[72]
Matthew Gordon Timothy Lewis		Commander, 11th Brigade	Royal Regiment of Wales Royal Welsh	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Paul Gordon Loader		Head of Deployed and Interoperability Services, Cyber and Electromagnetic Command	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers		30 June 2024	[72]
Gary Andrew McDade		Deputy Commander (Cadets), Regional Command	Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles		30 June 2024	[72]
Elizabeth Anne Mortimore		Head of Information Services, Army Command	Royal Signals		30 June 2024	[72]
Christopher Palmer		Head of Reserves, Ministry of Defence	Light Dragoons	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Simon Andrew Ridgway		Commander, Collective Training Group	Royal Tank Regiment	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
Andrew Ridland		Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 1st (US) Armored Division	Royal Green Jackets The Rifles		30 June 2024	[72]
Nicholas Serle		Head of Military Capability Delivery, Army Command	King's Own Royal Border Regiment Duke of Lancaster′s Regiment		30 June 2024	[72]
Kieran Andrew Sheldon		Head of Programmes, Army Command	Royal Artillery		30 June 2024	[72]
Andrew Derrick Watson		Commander, 7th Light Mechanised Brigade	King's Own Scottish Borderers Royal Regiment of Scotland	OBE	30 June 2024	[72]
James David Webster		Commandant, Royal School of Military Engineering	Royal Engineers		30 June 2024	[72]
Darin Gray		Head of Strategy (Reserves), Army Command	Royal Engineers		19 August 2024	[73]
Richard Neil Byfield		Chief Digital and Data Officer, Army Command Principal AI Officer, Army Command	Royal Signals	MBE	31 December 2024	[74]
Dominic Crispin Dudley Coombes		Senior Military Advisor, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards		31 December 2024	[74]
Nigel Offley Crewe-Read		Deputy Commanding General, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve	Royal Regiment of Wales Royal Welsh	OBE	31 December 2024	[74]
Melissa Grace Emmett		Head, Army Personnel Services Group	Intelligence Corps	MBE	31 December 2024	[74]
Thomas Anthony Harper		UK Defence Attaché to Nigeria	The Light Infantry The Rifles	MBE	31 December 2024	[74]
Andrew James Rogers		Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), Rapid Reaction Corps – France	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers		31 December 2024	[74]
Timothy John Symonds		Head of Efficiency, Army Command Head of Climate Change and Sustainability, Army Command	Royal Logistics Corps	OBE	31 December 2024	[74]
Alexander Graham Johnson		Head of Strategy and Plans, Defence Medical Services	Royal Army Medical Corps	OStJ	13 January 2025	[75]
Graham Norman Cox			Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles	QVRM, VR	3 March 2025	[76]
Timothy John Allison		Head of Land Common Services, Defence Equipment and Support	Royal Electrical and Mechnical Engineers		30 June 2025	[77]
Piers Lyndon Ashfield		Commander, 38th (Irish) Brigade	Grenadier Guards	DSO, MBE	30 June 2025	[77]
Richard David Hadley Ball		Deputy Commander, Joint Aviation Command Chief of Staff, Joint Aviation Command	Army Air Corps	OBE	30 June 2025	[77]
David William Nicholas Bevan		UK Military Attaché to the USA	Welsh Guards	MVO	30 June 2025	[77]
Joseph William Brown		Commander, 104th Theatre Sustainment Brigade	Royal Logistics Corps		30 June 2025	[77]
Elizabeth Ann Byfield		Head of Recruitment and Retention, Ministry of Defence	Royal Signals		30 June 2025	[77]
Sam Edward Armel Cates		Deputy Commander, London District	The Rifles		30 June 2025	[77]
Mark Tyrtoff Davis		Commander, 160th (Welsh) Brigade	Royal Regiment of Wales Royal Welsh Mercian Regiment	CBE	30 June 2025	[77]
Oliver Philip Butler Dobson		Commander, 4th Light Brigade	Royal Regiment of Scotland	MBE	30 June 2025	[77]
Paul Mark Dupuy		Deputy UK National Military Representative to NATO Chief of Staff, UK National Military Delegation to NATO	Royal Artillery	MBE	30 June 2025	[77]
Assia Leila Green		Head of Defence Operational Capability, Military Strategic Headquarters	Royal Logistics Corps		30 June 2025	[77]
H. Geoffrey Hargreaves		Commander, Joint Task Force Orbital	Parachute Regiment		30 June 2025	[77]
Richard Charles Harmer		Commander, British Forces South Atlantic Islands	Royal Artillery		30 June 2025	[77]
Samuel David Hughes		Head, Army Personnel Centre	Royal Engineers		30 June 2025	[77]
Brian Kenneth Jeffery		Commander, 1st Signal Brigade Chief of Communications, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps	Royal Signals		30 June 2025	[77]
Henry Simon Llewelyn-Usher		Deputy Commanding General (Interoperability), 82nd (US) Airborne Division	Welsh Guards		30 June 2025	[77]
Owain David Luke		Commander, 12th Armoured Brigade	Royal Welsh	MBE	30 June 2025	[77]
Giles Harry Malec		Head, Army Safety Group	Royal Artillery		30 June 2025	[77]
Stuart Edward Nasse		Head of Capability Coalition, Army Command	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	OBE	30 June 2025	[77]
James Dominic Hugh Porter		Army Inspector			30 June 2025	[77]
Harvey John Scott		Head of Information Technology, Defence Digital		MBE	30 June 2025	[77]
William John Strickland		Deputy Coordinator, Office of Security Coordination for Israel and the Palestinian Authority	Queen's Royal Hussars	OBE	30 June 2025	[77]
Jamie Douglas Stuart		Commander, 8th Engineer Brigade	Royal Engineers		30 June 2025	[77]
Jonathan Christopher West		Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics), Field Army	Royal Logistic Corps		30 June 2025	[77]
Huw William Islwyn Thomas		Head of Healthcare, Army Command	Royal Army Medical Corps
Thammy Evans		Head of Personnel (Reserves), Army Command	Intelligence Corps
Phillip Charles Moxey		Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Field Army	Royal Anglian Regiment
James Andrew Hadfield		Commander, 20th Armoured Brigade	The Rifles	MBE
Lisa Brooks		Commander, 19th Brigade	The Light Infatry Royal Artillery
Paul Jason Blakesley		British Liaison Officer to United States Army Europe and Africa	King's Own Royal Border Regiment Duke of Lancaster's Regiment	MBE

Acting

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former regiment or corps	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref

Deputy Chaplain-Generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former regiment or corps	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
David John Barrett		Deputy Chaplain-General	Royal Army Chaplains' Department

See also

• List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy
• List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines
• List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force

References

1. "List of British Army Generals December 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. "No. 63728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2022. p. 11191.
3. "No. 64459". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 July 2024. p. 13738.
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