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		First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Commandant General Royal Marines [2]	KCB, OBE, ADC	30 August 2022	[3]

Lieutenant-Generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Sir Robert Andrew Magowan			KCB, CBE	22 January 2020	[4]

Major-Generals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Paul P. Lynch		Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence, NATO	MC	7 August 2023	[5]
Duncan G. Forbes				11 March 2024	[6]
Daniel Blanchford			CBE	29 April 2024	[7]
Richard John Cantrill		Commander Operations	OBE, MC	6 May 2024	[7]
Philip Mark Totten		Director Attack Submarines	CBE	28 May 2024	[7]
Anthony R. Turner		Deputy Commander, Allied Special Operations Forces Command		17 June 2024	[7]
Paul Andrew Maynard		Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) & Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines	OBE ADC	26 March 2025

Brigadiers

Name	Photo	Appointment	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Michael John Tanner		Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Devonport	OBE	20 February 2020	[8]
Neil Sutherland			MBE	7 June 2022	[9]
James Fraser Roylance		Chief Technology Officer, Navy Command		July 2022
Derek P. Stafford		Director, Military Aviation Authority		October 2022
Andrew P. L. Watkins		Deputy Director of Plans, United States Central Command		19 June 2023	[10]
Christopher E. Haw		Director, Future Commando Force Programme	MC	25 September 2023	[11]
Richard C. Morris		Military Assistant to the Prime Minister[ citation needed ]	OBE	27 September 2023	[12]
Benjamin E. Halsted			MBE	20 October 2023	[13]
James A. Dennis		Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Defence Digital Head of Customer Services, Defence Digital		6 November 2023	[14]
Jonathan J. Sear		UK Defence Attaché to Germany		6 April 2024	[7]
Jamie M. Norman		Commander, UK Commando Force	DSO, OBE	29 April 2024	[7]
Richard Alston		Director of Integrated Effects, Ministry of Defence	OBE	23 September 2024	[15]
Simon M. Rogers		Director Operational Advantage Centre	OBE	17 March 2025	[16]
James A. E. Lewis		Assistant Chief of Staff Plans, Permanent Joint Headquarters	OBE	28 April 2025	[17]
Andrew R. Muddiman		Naval Regional Commander Scotland and Northern Ireland	ADC		[18]
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.
2. "No. 63889". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 November 2022. p. 22839.
3. "No. 63818". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 September 2022. p. 17754.
4. "No. 62915". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 February 2020. p. 2442.
5. "No. 64150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 August 2023. p. 16782.
6. "No. 64369". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 April 2024. p. 7490.
7. "No. 64441". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 June 2024. p. 12238.
8. "No. 62968". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 April 2020. p. 7122.
9. "No. 63793". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 August 2022. p. 16014.
10. "No. 64162". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 September 2023. p. 17678.
11. "No. 64228". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 2023. p. 22870.
12. "No. 64228". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 2023. p. 22871.
13. "No. 64253". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 December 2023. p. 25082.
14. "No. 64295". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 January 2024. p. 1278.
15. "No. 64565". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 November 2024. p. 22994.
16. "No. 64754". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 2025. p. 11654.
17. "No. 64788". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 July 2025. p. 13570.
18. "New Royal Navy Regional Commander installed in ceremony in Fife". Fife Today. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.