This is a list of serving senior officers of the British Army. It includes currently serving generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadiers. [1]
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Sir Patrick Nicholas Yardley Monrad Sanders | Chief of the General Staff | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles | KCB, CBE, DSO | 6 May 2019 | [2] | |
Sir James Richard Hockenhull | Commander Strategic Command | Intelligence Corps | KBE | 23 May 2022 | [3] | |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Felix G. Gedney | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | 8 May 2017 | [13] | |||
Colin Richard James Weir | Royal Irish Rangers Royal Irish Regiment | DSO, MBE | 19 November 2018 | [14] | ||
Jeremy M. J. Bennett | Deputy Commander, NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy | Royal Artillery | 7 December 2018 | [15] | ||
Andrew Michael Roe | Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment | CB, QCVS | 3 May 2019 | [16] | ||
Gerald Mark Strickland | 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles Royal Gurkha Rifles | DSO, MBE | 6 May 2019 | [17] | ||
Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce | Governor of Edinburgh Castle | Scots Guards | OBE, VR, DL | 24 June 2019 | [18] | |
Alexander Taylor | Army Legal Services | CB, OBE | 5 July 2019 | [19] | ||
James Maurice Hannan Bowder | General Officer Commanding, London District Major-General commanding the Household Division | Grenadier Guards | OBE | 19 July 2019 | [20] | |
John Robert Mead | Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Joint Force Command Naples | Royal Artillery | CB, OBE | 28 August 2019 | [21] | |
Darren Howard Crook | Director of Land Equipment, Defence Equipment and Support Director, Land Equipment Operating Centre | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 20 December 2019 | [22] [23] | |
David James Eastman | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability and Force Design) | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | MBE | 14 February 2020 | [24] | |
Michael Richard Elviss | Royal Artillery | CB, MBE, QCVS (x2) | 10 February 2020 | [25] | ||
Robin J. Anderton-Brown | Director, Multi-Domain Integration Change Programme, Strategic Command Director of Capability, Strategic Command | Royal Signals | 14 September 2020 | [26] | ||
Simon John Malise Graham | Director of Reserves, Army Command | Queen's Own Yeomanry King's Royal Hussars 14th/20th King's Hussars | CB, VR | 31 October 2020 | [27] | |
Paul R. Griffiths | Royal Signals | CB | 11 January 2021 | [28] | ||
Nicholas Charles Laybourne Perry | Royal Hussars King's Royal Hussars | DSO, MBE | 5 March 2021 | [29] | ||
Neil B. Thorpe | Deputy Chief of Staff, Field Army Director of Personnel and Logistics, Field Army | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 19 April 2021 | [30] | |
Michael R. Keating | Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Army Air Corps | CBE | 14 May 2021 | [31] | |
Timothy John Hodgetts | Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces | Royal Army Medical Corps | CBE, QHS, DL | 21 May 2021 | [32] | |
John R. Collyer | Director of Information, Army Command | Royal Signals | 15 October 2021 | [33] | ||
James Rowland Martin | General Officer Commanding, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | DSO, OBE, MC | 18 October 2021 | [33] | |
Richard M. Clements | Director of Basing and Infrastructure, Army Command | Royal Artillery | CBE | 17 November 2021 | [34] | |
Christopher Brendan Kevin Barry | Commander, Land Warfare Centre Director of Land Warfare, Army Command | Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Welsh Special Air Service [35] | CBE | 10 December 2021 | [36] | |
Eldon Nicholas Somerville Millar | Defence Services Secretary | Royal Engineers | MBE | 4 February 2022 | [37] | |
James C. Roddis | Chief of Staff, Strategic Command Director of Strategy, Strategic Command | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | DSO, MBE | 31 March 2022 | [38] | |
Aidan Michael Gerard Smyth | Deputy Commander Field Army | Royal Engineers | QVRM, TD, DL | 5 April 2022 | [39] | |
Gerald Ewart-Brookes | Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Joint Support and Enabling Command | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps | 25 April 2022 | [40] | ||
Thomas Howard Bewick | General Officer Commanding, Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command | The Light Infantry The Rifles | OBE | 5 May 2022 | [3] | |
Marc Anthony John McHardy Overton | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) | Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment London Regiment | TD, VR | 15 June 2022 | [41] | |
Jonathan Swift | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | OBE | 6 July 2022 | [42] | ||
Zachary R. Stenning | Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment | OBE | 29 July 2022 | [7] | |
Mark Pullan | Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Joint Force Command Brunssum | Royal Artillery | CBE | 12 September 2022 | [43] | |
Thomas Julian Bateman | General Officer Commanding, 1st (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoon Guards | CBE | 16 September 2022 | [44] | |
Anna-Lee Reilly | Director of Operations, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 29 November 2022 | [45] | ||
Julian Nicholas Edward Buczacki | Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy) | King’s Royal Hussars Queen's Royal Lancers Royal Lancers | CBE | 2 December 2022 | [46] | |
Philip David Prosser | Director of Joint Support, Strategic Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 13 February 2023 | [47] | |
Benjamin James Cattermole | Deputy Commanding General (Support), III (US) Armored Corps | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | CBE | 5 May 2023 | [48] | |
Sarah Helen Johansen | Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence | Intelligence Corps | MBE | 26 June 2023 | [49] | |
Andrew J. W. Sturrock | Director of Strategy and Plans, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Royal Engineers | 3 July 2023 | [49] | ||
Dominic Stead James Biddick | Chief of Staff, Field Army | Royal Anglian Regiment | MBE MC | 28 July 2023 | [49] | |
Daniel Reeve | General Officer Commanding, 6th (United Kingdom) Division | Staff and Personnel Support Branch The Rifles | MC | 31 July 2023 | [49] | |
Oliver J. Kingsbury | Deputy Commanding General (Manoeuvre), V (US) Corps | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 2 August 2023 | [49] | |
James Matthew Senior | General Officer Commanding, Regional Command Deputy Commander, Standing Joint Force Command Commander, Army Cadet Force | Light Dragoons | CBE | 21 August 2023 | [11] | |
Matthew H. Jones | Director of Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration, Army Command | Intelligence Corps | MBE | 29 August 2023 | [49] | |
Samuel L. Humphris | Director of Personnel, Army Command | Duke of Wellington's Regiment Yorkshire Regiment | MBE | 11 September 2023 | [50] | |
Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton | Director Reserves | Royal Engineers | TD, VR, PC | 3 October 2023 | [51] | |
Robin Ronald Edward Lindsay | Military Secretary and General Officer, Scotland Colonel The Royal Regiment of Scotland | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | CBE | 13 October 2023 | [52] | |
Ian Alexander J. Turner | Director Futures, Army Headquarters | Irish Guards | DSO | 23 October 2023 | [53] | |
Charles A. Hewitt | Vice Director United States European Command J3 Operations Directorate | Royal Artillery | 4 December 2023 | [54] | ||
Richard A. Allen | Director Army Legal Services | Army Legal Services | 1 January 2024 | [55] | ||
Mark R. Purves | Director Information and Army Chief Information Officer | Royal Signals | 1 March 2024 | [12] | ||
Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt | Deputy Chief of Staff Headquarters Field Army | Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 22 April 2024 | [56] |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Michael D. Parker | Chaplain-General to His Majesty's Land Forces | Royal Army Chaplains' Department | 8 May 2022 | [57] |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment or corps | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Edward J. R. Chamberlain | Head of Personnel Services, Army Command | The Light Infantry The Rifles | 30 June 2012 | [58] | ||
Hugh J. Robertson | Head, Reserve Forces 2030 Report Implementation Team | Royal Corps of Signals | QVRM, TD, VR | March 2013 | [59] | |
Angus George Costeker Fair | Deputy Director of Military Support, Ministry of Defence | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Light Dragoons | CBE, DSO | 30 June 2016 | [60] | |
Timothy John Seal | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 1st (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Logistic Corps | TD, DL, VR | 27 February 2017 | ||
Jonathan U. Biggart | Deputy Chief of Staff (Strategy and Training), Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | MBE | 30 June 2017 | [61] | |
Richard J. Carter | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Defence Digital | Royal Signals | 30 June 2017 | [61] | ||
Ingrid Anne Rolland | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | VR, DL | 4 December 2017 | [62] | ||
James Chenevix Coote | UK Military Attaché to the USA | Royal Engineers Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | DSO, OBE | 31 December 2017 | [63] | |
Jonathan G. E. Bartholomew | Head of Overseas and Training Region, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | OBE | 30 June 2018 | [64] | |
Philip J. Clark | Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Intelligence Corps | 30 June 2018 | [64] | ||
John E. K. Oldroyd | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2018 | [64] | |||
Adrian P. Reilly | Deputy Director of International Security, Ministry of Defence | Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) Royal Regiment of Scotland | OBE | 30 June 2018 | [64] | |
Benjamin M. A. Wrench | Head of Defence Land Safety Regulator [65] | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | 30 June 2018 | [64] | ||
Andrew Wood | Royal Engineers | August 2018 | [66] | |||
Gavin J. Thompson | Senior British Military Liaison Officer to Kuwait | Royal Tank Regiment | 31 December 2018 | [67] | ||
Leigh Tingey | Director of Plans, Policy, Strategy and Capabilities, United States European Command | Royal Engineers | 31 December 2018 | [67] | ||
Alastair Buchanan Veitch | UK Defence Attaché to France Head of British Defence Staff in France | Royal Engineers | 31 December 2018 | [67] | ||
Oliver Charles Christopher Brown | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Field Army | Royal Anglian Regiment | 30 June 2019 | [68] | ||
Joseph Butterfill | Royal College of Defence Studies | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MC | 30 June 2019 | [68] | |
John L. Clark | Royal College of Defence Studies | Royal Engineers | CBE | 30 June 2019 | [68] | |
Anthony Peter Finn | Senior Health Adviser, Army Command | Royal Army Medical Corps | 30 June 2019 | [69] | ||
Joseph E. Fossey | Head of Capability Strategy, Finance and Military Capability, Ministry of Defence | Royal Engineers | MID, MBE | 30 June 2019 | [68] | |
Peter J. Rowell | Royal Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2019 | [68] | ||
Nicholas T. Sawyer | UK Defence Attaché to India | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2019 | [68] | ||
Alexander J. Smith | Senior British Officer, US Security Co-ordinator, Palestine | Royal Signals | 30 June 2019 | [68] | ||
Lisa C. Keetley | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 31 December 2019 | [70] | |||
Stephen William Rayson | Deputy Commander, Home Command | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps | QVRM, TD, VR | 23 August 2019 | [71] | |
Adam D. McRae | Army Inspector | Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Logistic Corps | MBE | 31 December 2019 | [70] | |
R. G. Hughes | Army Reserve | QVRM TD | 9 May 2020 | [72] | ||
Nigel J. Best | UK Defence Attaché to Australia | 17th/21st Lancers Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers | OBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
Michael Edward George Caldicott | Head of Logistics Transformation, Ministry of Defence | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
Matthew Timothy Cansdale | Commander, Collective Training Group | Parachute Regiment | CBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
James Peter Cook | Programme Director, CASTLE, Army Command | Royal Artillery | OBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
Alison L. Curnow | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |||
Lee J. N. Daley | Commandant, Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2020 | [73] | ||
Christopher D. Davies | Head of International Communications and Engagement, Army Command | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | OBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
Andrew P. L. Dawes | Deputy Commander, British Forces Cyprus Chief of Staff, British Forces Cyprus | Royal Artillery | CBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
Elizabeth Jane Faithfull-Davies | Head of Programmes, Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
Charles R. P. Ginn | Head of Plans, Army Command | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment | 30 June 2020 | [73] | ||
Andrew D. Moffat | to retire | Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Logistic Corps | OBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
Patrick S. Reehal | Commander, 101st Operational Sustainment Brigade | Royal Logistic Corps | MBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
Paul T. Tedman | Deputy Director of Strategy, Plans, and Policy, United States Space Command | Army Air Corps | CBE | 30 June 2020 | [73] | |
Andrew D. Cox | Chief of Staff, Home Command | Staffordshire Regiment Mercian Regiment | MBE | 31 December 2020 | [74] | |
Stefan B. Crossfield | Head of Information Exploitation, Army Command Chief Data Officer, Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 31 December 2020 | [75] | ||
Keith J. Eble | Head of Operational Law, Army Command | Army Legal Services | 31 December 2020 | [74] | ||
Philip A. J. McNee | Head of Medical Operational Capability, Defence Medical Services | Royal Army Medical Corps | 31 December 2020 | [74] | ||
Jason C. Rhodes | UK Defence Attaché to Germany | Royal Engineers | 31 December 2020 | [74] | ||
Philip J. Bassingham-Searle | Head of Armed Forces Renumeration, Army Command | Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment | 30 June 2021 | [76] | ||
Richard S. C. Bell | Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 1st (US) Armored Division | Royal Irish Regiment | 30 June 2021 | [76] | ||
Matthew J. Birch | Head of Military Capability Delivery | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2021 | [76] | ||
Philip A. Carter | Commander, Defence Primary Healthcare | Royal Army Medical Corps | 30 June 2021 | [76] | ||
Timothy J. Crossland | Commander, 102nd Operational Sustainment Brigade | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2021 | [76] | ||
Philip R. D. Muir | Assistant Chief of Staff (Equipment), Field Army | Royal Signals | 30 June 2021 | [76] | ||
Clare Patricia Philips | Deputy Military Secretary | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 30 June 2021 | [76] | |
Jeremy E. G. Sharpe | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2021 | [76] | |||
James E. H. Vigne | Head of Efficiency, Army Command | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2021 | [76] | ||
Lucinda Caryl Westerman | UK Defence Attaché to Kenya | Royal Signals | 30 June 2021 | [76] | ||
Duncan Robertson Wilson | Head of Research and Clinical Innovation, Defence Medical Services | Royal Army Medical Corps | QHP | 30 June 2021 | [76] | |
John Richards Kendall | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 3rd (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Signals | VR | 26 July 2021 | [77] | |
Marcus J. Mudd | Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers | CBE, DSO | 30 June 2021 | [78] | |
David J. Bickers | Head of Strategy, Army Command | Royal Engineers | MBE | 31 December 2021 | [8] | |
Michael D. Cornwell | Head of Future Force Development, Army Command | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | OBE | 31 December 2021 | [8] | |
Jon P. Cresswell | Deputy Commanding General, 1st French Division | Royal Artillery | 31 December 2021 | [8] | ||
Julian Guy Hill | Commander, British Military Mission to Saudi Arabian National Guard | Royal Signals | OBE | 31 December 2021 | [8] | |
Christopher King | Head of Military Capability Plans | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 31 December 2021 | [8] | |
Shay J. J. Marks | Intelligence Corps | 31 December 2021 | [8] | |||
Edward Dixon Sandry | 2 | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 31 December 2021 | [8] | |
James W. Taylor | Commander, Initial Training Group | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MBE | 31 December 2021 | [8] | |
Mark C. P. Wilson | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles | MBE | 31 December 2021 | [8] | ||
Matthew Joseph Petersen | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 6th (United Kingdom) Division | Parachute Regiment Royal Welsh Regiment Royal Welsh | VR | 1 March 2022 | [79] | |
Gillian Heather Wilkinson | Deputy Military Secretary (Reserves) | Army Reserve Royal Logistic Corps | QVRM | 28 April 2022 | [80] | |
Adam Fraser-Hitchen | Head of Personnel (Reserves), Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 2 May 2022 | [39] | ||
B. Banerjee | Army Reserve | QVRM | 27 June 2022 | [80] | ||
Mark James David Ackrill | Commander, 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team Head of Profession, Army Aviation | Army Air Corps | 30 June 2022 | [81] | ||
Carl William Boswell | Commander, 20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team | Devonshire and Dorset Regiment The Rifles | QCVS | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Guy Justin Boxall | Commandant, Royal School of Military Engineering | Royal Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Neil James Mark Budd | Commander, 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team | Royal Artillery | OBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Owen George Bunkle | Head of Defence Logistics Operations and Capability, Strategic Command | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2022 | [81] | ||
Nicholas David Guise Cowley | Commander, Combat Manoeuvre Centre | The Queen's Royal Hussars | OBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Michael John Fayers | Commander, 1st Signal Brigade Assistant Chief of Staff (Communications), Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Royal Signals | 30 June 2022 | [81] | ||
Guy Baron Foden | Commander, 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team | Royal Anglian Regiment | 30 June 2022 | [81] | ||
Andrew Michael Gilks | Deputy Commander, Joint Helicopter Command Chief of Staff, Joint Helicopter Command | Army Air Corps | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Neil Darren Grant | Deputy Commander, Allied Special Operations Forces Command | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment | DSO, MC | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Andrew D. Griffiths | Staff and Personnel Support Branch | OBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | ||
Charles Edward Digby Grist | Head of Strategic Planning, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Craig Ian Hanson | Head of Logistics, Army Command | Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Karl Ryan Harris | Student, Higher Command and Staff Course | Royal Artillery | CBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Richard P. Hart | Head of Global Campaigns, Russia and Wider Europe, Ministry of Defence | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2022 | [81] | ||
Robert Sholto James Hedderwick | Commander, Army Special Operations Brigade | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | 30 June 2022 | [81] | ||
Justin George Edward Stenhouse | Commander, 11th Security Force Assistance Brigade | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | DSO, MBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Michael G. Taylor | Head, Customer Support Team, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Logistic Corps | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Matthew R. Wilkinson | Head, Vehicle Support Team, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2022 | [81] | |
Julian Anthony Paul Ladd | Deputy Director Land Warfare | Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment | TD, VR | 1 July 2022 | [10] | |
J. Owen M. Lyttle | Commander, 19th Brigade | Royal Irish Regiment Army Reserve | MBE, TD, VR | 4 July 2022 | [82] [83] | |
C. J. Ledsham | Army Reserve | TD | 17 October 2022 | [82] | ||
Jonathan Asbee | Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), Rapid Reaction Corps – France | Royal Logistics Corps | 31 December 2022 | [84] | ||
Mark Comer | Deputy Assistant Director of Logistics and Resources, International Military Staff | Royal Logistics Corps | 31 December 2022 | [84] | ||
Andrew Stuart Garner | Deputy Commanding General, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve | Yorkshire Regiment | CBE | 31 December 2022 | [84] | |
Denis James | Commander, British Military Mission to the Saudi Arabian National Guard | Life Guards | 31 December 2022 | [84] | ||
Matthew Edward Munro | Head, British Defence Staff in West Africa UK Defence Attaché to Nigeria | The Highlanders Royal Regiment of Scotland | 31 December 2022 | [84] | ||
J. K. Mahan | Army Reserve | 5 June 2023 | [82] | |||
Robert N. Alston | Head of Joint Fires and Influence, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Royal Regiment of Artillery | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Simon J. Carvel | Commander, 8th Engineer Brigade | Royal Engineers | 30 June 2023 | [85] | ||
Kirsten J. Dagless | Head of Talent, Skills, Learning, and Development, Ministry of Defence | Royal Logistics Corps | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Philip de Rouffignac | Commander, 2nd Medical Brigade | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |||
Leigh J. Drummond | Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Field Army | Royal Regiment of Scotland | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Daniel B. Duff | Commander, British Forces South Atlantic Islands | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | 30 June 2023 | [85] | ||
Rupert S. Evetts | Commander, 77th Brigade | Blues and Royals | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Karl L. Frankland | Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Spain | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2023 | [85] | ||
Giles R. Harris | Commander, NATO Battlegroup Estonia | Welsh Guards | DSO, OBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Paul M. Hayhurst | UK Defence Attaché to Pakistan | Army Air Corps | 30 June 2023 | [85] | ||
Jeremy Lamb | Deputy Commander, London District | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MC | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Tobias Lambert | Head of Land Industrial Strategy, Ministry of Defence | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Michael J. Morton | Head of Digital Strategy, Defence Digital | Royal Signals | 30 June 2023 | [85] | ||
David T. Pack | Deputy Commanding General, 82nd (US) Airborne Division | Royal Gurkha Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
James S. R. Priest | Royal Logistic Corps | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | ||
Sarah L. 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 | [85] | ||
Jeremy A. Rostron | Parachute Regiment | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |||
Henry L. Searby | Commander, 12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team | Queen′s Royal Lancers | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Robert J. Singleton | Commander, 4th Light Brigade Combat Team | Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | 30 June 2023 | [85] | ||
Simon G. Smith | Commander, 104th Theatre Sustainment Brigade | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Nicholas Thomas | Commander, 160th (Welsh) Brigade | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | CBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
John Crichton Wakelin | Head of Training Capability, Army Command Director, Collective Training Transformation Programme | The Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
Stuart W. Whittley | Royal Signals | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |||
Caroline J. Woodbridge-Lewin | Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training | Royal Signals | MBE | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |
John M. H. Woolmer | Intelligence Corps | 30 June 2023 | [85] | |||
Timothy Peter Jenkins | Army Reserve | OBE, TD, VR | 7 August 2023 | [82] | ||
P. Beaumont | Royal Artillery | 31 December 2023 | ||||
M. S. P. Berry | Commander, 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team | Life Guards | 31 December 2023 | [86] | ||
J. P. Davies | MBE | 31 December 2023 | [86] | |||
N. D. Doyle | 31 December 2023 | [86] | ||||
Irene Katarzyna Dzisiewska | Royal Engineers | 31 December 2023 | [86] | |||
J. C. Murray | 31 December 2023 | [86] | ||||
P. T. Quaite | Royal Engineers | OBE | 31 December 2023 | [86] | ||
G. C. Wearmouth | OBE | 31 December 2023 | [86] | |||
N. M. Wight-Boycott | Royal Regiment of Scotland | OBE | 31 December 2023 | [86] | ||
B. M. Wilde | MBE | 31 December 2023 | [86] | |||
P. W. B. Wright | Adjutant General′s Corps | 31 December 2023 | [86] | |||
N. J. Sutherland | Army Reserve | VR | 1 February 2024 |
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