Field Marshal Michael John Dawson Walker,Baron Walker of Aldringham,is a retired British Army officer. Commissioned in 1966,he served in Cyprus,Northern Ireland,and in a variety of staff posts in the United Kingdom until 1984. After being given command of a battalion,he was mentioned in despatches for his service during a second tour of duty in Northern Ireland,this time in Derry,and subsequently served a tour on Gibraltar. He was promoted to brigadier,unusually having never held the rank of colonel,and took command of 20th Armoured Brigade in Germany before becoming I Corps chief of staff.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Edward Johns,is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a fighter pilot in the 1960s,commanding officer of a squadron during the 1970s and a station commander in the 1980s. Johns served as one of three British directors of operations on the senior planning staff for Operation Granby in 1991 and then acted as a supporting commander for joint operations in the Balkans in 1994. As Chief of the Air Staff he advised the British Government on the air force aspects of the Strategic Defence Review and on NATO's air campaign in Kosovo.
The lieutenant governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey,a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the lieutenant governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Guernsey and as liaison between the governments of Guernsey and the United Kingdom. The holder of this office is also ex officio a member of the States of Guernsey but may not vote and,by convention,speaks in the Chamber only on appointment and on departure from post. The duties are primarily diplomatic and ceremonial. He has the authority to appointment two members of the board of governors of Elizabeth College and the Priaulx Library.
General Sir Nicholas Ralph Parker,is a former British Army officer who served as Commander Land Forces until December 2012.
General Sir Gordon Kenneth Messenger,is a retired senior Royal Marines officer who served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff from May 2016 to May 2019. As a colonel he commanded 40 Commando during the Iraq War,and led the Commando in the assault on the Al-Faw Peninsula. He served as British Commander of Task Force Helmand,during the 3 Commando Brigade deployment to Helmand Province,Afghanistan on Operation Herrick IX from 2008 to 2009. After his retirement,Messenger has held ceremonial positions,including Lord High Steward at the coronation of King Charles III in 2023.
General Sir James Rupert Everard,is a retired senior British Army officer who served as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
General Sir Alexander Richard David Shirreff,is a retired senior British Army officer and author. From March 2011 to March 2014 he served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
General Sir Richard Lawson Barrons,is a retired British Army officer. He was Commander Joint Forces Command from April 2013 until his retirement in April 2016.
Lieutenant General Sir James Benjamin "Jim" Dutton,is a retired Royal Marines officer and former Governor of Gibraltar. He held various staff positions in his early career,before commanding 40 Commando. As a brigadier,he held two high-level staff posts—the first at the Ministry of Defence in London,as Director of NATO policy,and the second as a British liaison to The Pentagon shortly after the September 11 attacks,where he was involved in the planning for the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan.
Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Richard Gregory,is a retired British Army officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff. In September 2016,he became Controller SSAFA,The Armed Forces charity. He was appointed Master Gunner,St James's Park from 1 May 2017.
Lieutenant General Sir John Gordon Lorimer,is a retired senior British Army officer,who served as the Chief of Joint Operations and the Defence Senior Adviser to the Middle East and North Africa. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man on 29 September 2021.
Lieutenant General Sir George Pemberton Ross Norton,is a retired British Army officer. He was the UK Military Representative to NATO from 2016 to 2020,and has served as the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies since 2020.
Lieutenant General Edward Grant Martin Davis,is a former senior Royal Marines officer. He was Commandant General Royal Marines from December 2011 to June 2014,and the Deputy Commander of NATO's Allied Land Command in Izmir,Turkey,from 2014 to 2015. He was Governor of Gibraltar from 2016 to 2020.
General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith,is a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from June 2018 to June 2022. He previously served as Director Special Forces and commanded 22 Special Air Service Regiment.
General Sir Timothy Buchan Radford,is a retired British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe,Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission.
Vice Admiral Sir Ian Fergus Corder,is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as UK Military Representative to NATO,and was the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 2016 to 2021.
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Anthony Beckett,is a former British Army officer. He served as Chief of Staff for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
Lieutenant General Giles Patrick Hill,is a retired senior British Army officer. He commanded the 1st Division from 2015 to 2017,was Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff from 2017 to 2019,and served as the Deputy Commander of NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan from 2019 until December 2020.
Lieutenant-General Alexander James Sanson "Sandy" Storrie,is a former senior British Army officer who served as Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission.
Lieutenant General David James Eastman,is a senior British Army officer. He served as General Officer Commanding Regional Command from February 2020 to July 2022,and in June 2024 was appointed as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
