List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines

This is a list of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines . It includes currently serving Royal Marine generals, lieutenant-generals, major-generals and brigadiers. ^[1]

Generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Sir Gwyn Jenkins		Commandant General Royal Marines [2]	KCB, OBE	30 August 2022	[3]

Lieutenant-Generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Sir Robert Andrew Magowan		Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability)	KCB, CBE	22 January 2020	[4]
Sir Charles Richard Stickland			KCB, OBE	15 November 2021	[5]

Major-Generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Paul P. Lynch		Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence, NATO	MC	7 August 2023	[6]
Duncan G. Forbes		Director of Strategy and Policy and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff		11 March 2024	[7]
Daniel Blanchford			CBE	29 April 2024	[8]
Richard John Cantrill		Commander Operations	OBE, MC	6 May 2024	[8]
Philip Mark Totten		Director Naval Staff	OBE	28 May 2024	[8]
Anthony R. Turner				17 June 2024	[8]
Paul Andrew Maynard		to be Director of Strategy and Policy and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff	OBE	not yet gazetted

Brigadiers

Name	Photo	Appointment	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Michael John Tanner		Naval Base Commander (Devonport)	OBE	20 February 2020	[9]
Neil Sutherland		Deputy Commandant-General Royal Marines Chief of Staff, Navy Command HQ	MBE, ADC	7 June 2022	[10]
Paul Andrew Maynard		Chief Joint Force Operations	OBE	11 July 2022	[11]
James Fraser Roylance		Chief Technology Officer, Navy Command		July 2022
Derek P. Stafford		Head of Operating Assurance, Military Aviation Authority		October 2022
Andrew P. L. Watkins		Deputy Director J5 Plans, US Central Command		19 June 2023	[12]
Christopher E. Haw		Director Future Commando Force Programme	MC	25 September 2023	[13]
Richard C. Morris		Military Assistant to the Prime Minister	OBE	27 September 2023	[14]
Benjamin E. Halsted			MBE	20 October 2023	[15]
James A. Dennis		Assistant Chief of Staff J5 and Head of Customer Services, Defence Digital		6 November 2023	[16]
Jonathan J. Sear		Defence Attaché, Germany		6 April 2024	[8]
Jamie M. Norman		Commander, UK Commando Force	DSO, OBE	29 April 2024	[8]
Richard Alston			OBE	23 September 2024	[17]
Andrew R. Muddiman		Naval Regional Commander Scotland and Northern Ireland	ADC		[18]
Christopher N.M.P. Ordway		Military Head of Euro-Atlantic Security, Ministry of Defence
Douglas C.J. Pennefather

See also

• List of Royal Marines full generals
• List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy
• List of serving senior officers of the British Army
• List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force

References

1. "ADMIRALS: NOVEMBER 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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5. "No. 63567". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2021. p. 23681.
6. "No. 64150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 August 2023. p. 16782.
7. "No. 64369". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 April 2024. p. 7490.
8. "No. 64441". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 June 2024. p. 12238.
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11. "No. 63848". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 October 2022. p. 19790.
12. "No. 64162". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 September 2023. p. 17678.
13. "No. 64228". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 2023. p. 22870.
14. "No. 64228". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 2023. p. 22871.
15. "No. 64253". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 December 2023. p. 25082.
16. "No. 64295". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 January 2024. p. 1278.
17. "No. 64565". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 November 2024. p. 22994.
18. "New Royal Navy Regional Commander installed in ceremony in Fife". Fife Today. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.