Aide-de-camp general explained

Aide-de-camp general is a senior honorary appointment for generals in the British Army. The recipient is appointed as an aide-de-camp general to the head of state, currently King Charles III. They are entitled to the post-nominals "ADC (Gen.)".

The Royal Air Force's equivalent appointment is air aide-de-camp, while the Royal Navy's is First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp.

List of aides-de-camp general

Name and rankDate of appointmentAppointment endedNotes
1 July 1910 19 June 1911 Appointment vacated on promotion to field marshal.
1 July 1910 1 July 1914
1 July 1910 1 July 1914
1 July 1910 1 July 1914
19 June 1911 18 February 1914
2 December 1911 17 January 1913
General Sir O'Moore Creagh, Indian Army 2 December 1911 8 March 1914
17 January 1913 29 October 1915
18 February 1914 1 January 1917 Promoted to field marshal.
General Sir Beauchamp Duff, Indian Army 8 March 1914 3 November 1917
1 July 1914 17 August 1914 †
1 July 1914 25 October 1914 †
1 July 1914 1 July 1918
General Sir John Nixon, Indian Army 29 October 1915 3 November 1917
15 January 1917 31 July 1919 Promoted to field marshal.
15 January 1917 1 October 1920
15 January 1917 29 March 1920 Promoted to field marshal.
3 November 1917 31 May 1920
3 November 1917 21 June 1922
General Sir Charles Monro, 1 July 1918 30 June 1922
31 July 1919 31 July 1923
29 March 1920 29 March 1924
1 October 1920 26 April 1922
11 January 1921 31 May 1924
26 April 1922 26 April 1926
21 June 1922 14 February 1924
30 June 1922 21 May 1925 †
31 July 1923 31 July 1927
14 February 1924 14 February 1928
29 March 1924 28 February 1927 †
31 May 1924 31 May 1928
22 May 1925 22 May 1929
26 April 1926 26 April 1930
14 March 1927 1 March 1931
General Sir Philip Chetwode, 31 July 1927 31 July 1931
14 February 1928 26 April 1929
General Sir Alexander Cobbe, Indian Army 31 May 1928 29 June 1931 †
General Sir Robert Cassels, Indian Army 26 April 1929 9 June 1933
22 May 1929 9 August 1930
26 April 1930 26 April 1934
9 August 1930 1 March 1931
1 March 1931 1 March 1935
1 March 1931 1 March 1935
General Sir Norman MacMullen, Indian Army 29 June 1931 12 September 1935
31 July 1931 1 October 1933 Extra A.D.C. General from 1 October 1933 until 31 July 1935.
General Sir Kenneth Wigram, Indian Army 9 June 1933 6 June 1936
1 October 1933 9 February 1934 †
10 February 1934 15 May 1936 Promoted to field marshal.
26 April 1934 12 October 1937
General Sir Alexander Wardrop, Indian Army 1 March 1935 12 October 1937
1 March 1935 26 April 1938
General Sir Walter Leslie, Indian Army 12 September 1935 1 May 1936
General Sir Henry ap Rhys Pryce, Indian Army 1 May 1936 1 April 1938
15 May 1936 17 August 1938
Lieutenant-General Sir John Coleridge, Indian Army 6 June 1936 6 June 1940
12 October 1937 1 July 1940
12 October 1937 20 July 1940 Promoted to field marshal.
General Sir Douglas Baird, Indian Army 1 April 1938 1 April 1940
26 April 1938 8 June 1940
17 August 1938 17 August 1941
General Sir Sydney Muspratt, Indian Army 1 April 1940 15 December 1941
General Sir Roger Wilson, Indian Army 6 June 1940 15 May 1941
8 June 1940 24 November 1941
1 July 1940 18 November 1941 Promoted to field marshal.
20 July 1940 20 July 1944
15 May 1941 1 June 1946 Promoted to field marshal.
17 August 1941 18 October 1943 Appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
18 November 1941 11 September 1942
24 November 1941 29 December 1944 Promoted to field marshal.
General Sir Alan Hartley, Indian Army 15 December 1941 7 July 1944
11 September 1942 26 June 1946
18 October 1943 17 August 1946
General Mosley Mayne, Indian Army 7 July 1944 1 March 1947
20 July 1944 5 April 1946
13 October 1944 14 October 1946 Appointed aide-de-camp general (extra).
5 April 1946 30 January 1948
26 June 1946 23 April 1947
17 August 1946 19 August 1947
14 October 1946 22 August 1947
General Sir Geoffry Scoones, Indian Army 1 March 1947 1 August 1949
23 April 1947 15 November 1948
General Sir Philip Christison, 19 August 1947 27 June 1949
22 August 1947 6 July 1949
30 January 1948 31 January 1951
23 July 1948 1953
15 November 1948 30 August 1951
27 June 1949 27 June 1952
6 July 1949 1950
1950 21 October 1950
21 October 1950 21 July 1953 Promoted to field marshal.
31 January 1951 31 January 1954
30 August 1951 30 August 1954
27 June 1952 26 June 1955
21 July 1953 20 July 1956
31 January 1954 31 January 1957
30 August 1954 29 November 1956
26 June 1955 26 June 1958
20 July 1956 13 February 1959
29 November 1956 14 August 1959
31 January 1957 29 November 1958
26 June 1958 1 September 1960
29 November 1958 29 November 1961
13 February 1959 13 February 1962
14 August 1959 29 April 1960
29 April 1960 29 April 1963
1 September 1960 28 December 1961
29 November 1961 29 November 1964
28 December 1961 29 June 1963
13 February 1962 25 February 1965
29 April 1963 30 January 1965
29 June 1963 21 September 1965
29 November 1964 30 June 1966
30 January 1965 9 January 1967
25 February 1965 18 October 1966
21 September 1965 21 September 1968
30 June 1966 27 November 1967
18 October 1966 27 February 1968
9 January 1967 9 January 1970
27 November 1967 1 October 1968
27 February 1968 31 March 1971 Promoted to field marshal.
21 September 1968 27 October 1969
1 October 1968 11 November 1969
27 October 1969 6 February 1971
11 November 1969 11 November 1972
9 January 1970 9 January 1973
6 February 1971 6 February 1974
31 March 1971 2 March 1974
11 November 1972 21 November 1973
9 January 1973 9 January 1976
21 November 1973 29 April 1974
6 February 1974 27 December 1974
2 March 1974 25 June 1976
29 April 1974 29 April 1976
27 December 1974 27 December 1977
9 January 1976 27 May 1977
29 April 1976 15 January 1977 †
25 June 1976 25 June 1979
15 January 1977 27 December 1978
27 May 1977 5 February 1980
27 December 1977 27 December 1980
27 December 1978 24 April 1981
25 June 1979 31 July 1982 Promoted to field marshal.
5 February 1980 7 April 1981
27 December 1980 5 February 1981 †
6 April 1981 10 July 1985 Promoted to field marshal.
7 April 1981 7 April 1984
24 April 1981 14 February 1983
31 July 1982 26 May 1984
14 February 1983 27 July 1985
7 April 1984 11 November 1986
26 May 1984 7 February 1987
10 July 1985 9 September 1988 Promoted to field marshal.
27 July 1985 2 October 1987
7 February 1987 10 February 1989
2 October 1987 14 February 1992
9 September 1988 3 December 1990
10 February 1989 21 February 1991
3 December 1990 13 July 1993
21 February 1991 21 April 1994 Promoted to field marshal.
14 February 1992 22 March 1995
13 July 1993 4 May 2001
21 April 1994 24 June 1996
9 September 1995 31 August 1997
6 December 1996 7 August 2000
17 March 1997 8 February 1999
1 September 1997 5 June 2006
8 February 1999 7 August 2000
7 August 2000 1 November 2001
7 August 2000 18 November 2002
1 November 2001 14 November 2006
6 January 2003 29 October 2009
5 June 2006 1 September 2009
8 January 2007 30 April 2008
12 June 2008 2 January 2014
1 October 2009 24 January 2017
30 October 2009 5 September 2014
29 October 2010 25 May 2013
19 April 2013 5 April 2016
5 September 2014 1 December 2021
5 April 2016 10 May 2019
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith11 June 2018 13 June 2022
General Sir Patrick Sanders6 May 2019
General Sir James Hockenhull23 May 2022
General Dame Sharon Nesmith17 May 2024[1]
General Sir Roland Walker16 June 2024

† : Date of death.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Sharon Nesmith appointed new Vice Chief of the Defence Staff . . 17 May 2024 . GOV.UK . . 26 June 2024 .

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