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.
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Joseph Daly,was a senior Australian Army officer,whose career culminated with his appointment as Chief of the General Staff (1966–1971).
Lieutenant General John Cooper,is a former senior British Army officer. From March 2008 he was the Deputy Commander of Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I),the operational-level headquarters in Iraq,and the Senior British Military Representative-Iraq. As Deputy Commander,he was the principal assistant to General Raymond T. Odierno of the United States Army. He stepped down on 4 March 2009,and retired from the army later that year.
Lieutenant General Richard Arthur David Applegate CB OBE is a former Quartermaster-General and Master-General of the Ordnance to the Army. He left the British Army in October 2010.
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 Timothy Paul Evans,is a retired British Army officer,who served as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2012 to 2013 and then commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps from 2013 to 2016.
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.
Major General James Robert Chiswell,is a former British Army officer.
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.
Lieutenant General Stuart Richard Skeates,is a retired senior British Army officer. He served as Deputy Commander of JFC Brunssum from December 2018 to December 2021. He also previously served as Standing Joint Force Commander from 2015 to 2018.
General Sir Patrick Nicholas Yardley Monrad Sanders,,is a senior British Army officer serving as Chief of the General Staff since June 2022.
Lieutenant General Richard Edward Nugee,CB,CVO,CBE is a retired senior British Army officer. He served in several senior roles including Defence Services Secretary (2015–2016) and Chief of Defence People (2016–2020),before ending his career leading a review into climate change policy in the Ministry of Defence between March 2020 and May 2021.
Lieutenant General Charles Richard Stickland,is a senior Royal Marines officer,who has served as the Chief of Joint Operations since November 2021. He was Commandant General Royal Marines from January 2018 to June 2019.
Air Marshal Harvey Smyth,is a senior Northern Irish Royal Air Force officer,who has been the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff since March 2024. Previously,he served as Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group (2018–2020) and Air and Space Commander (2022–2024). Between February 2020 and August 2022,he took up the new post of Director Space,in the Ministry of Defence.
Lieutenant General James Francis Pardoe Swift,is a retired senior British Army officer.
Major General Colin Richard James Weir,is a retired senior British Army officer.
General Gwyn Jenkins,is the senior Royal Marines officer,serving as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff since August 2022. He was concurrently appointed Commandant General Royal Marines in November 2022.
Lieutenant General Andrew Sean David Harrison,is a senior officer in the British Army who has served as the Deputy Commander of United Nations Command in South Korea and the Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment.
