This is a list of serving senior officers of the British Army. It includes currently serving generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadiers.[1]
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commander Strategic Command | 23 May 2022 | ||||||
| DCB | 10 June 2024 | ||||||
| Grenadier Guards Special Air Service | 15 June 2024 |
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commander, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | 19 April 2021 | ||||||
| UK National Military Representative to NATOUK National Military Representative to the European Union [2] | KCB | 11 June 2021 | |||||
| Deputy Commander, Strategic Command | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles | CBE | 18 May 2022 | ||||
| Commander, Home Command Standing Joint Commander (United Kingdom) | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles | DSO, OBE | 4 September 2023 | ||||
| Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | MBE | 11 June 2024 | |||||
| Commander Field Army | Royal Artillery | CB, MBE, QCVS (x2) | March 2024 | [3] | |||
| Simon P. Hamilton | Director General System Integration | CBE | 8 December 2023 |
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment/corps | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy M. J. Bennett | Royal Artillery | 7 December 2018 | |||||
| Senior British Loan Service Officer (Oman) | DSO, MBE | 6 May 2019 | |||||
| OBE, VR, DL | 24 June 2019 | ||||||
| Peter J. Rowell | Commandant and Chief Executive of the Defence Academy | Royal Engineers | 2 July 2019 | ||||
| General Officer Commanding, London District Major-General commanding the Household Division | align="center" | OBE | 19 July 2019 | ||||
| Robin J. Anderton-Brown | Director of Capability, UK Strategic Command | Royal Signals | 14 September 2020 | ||||
| Simon John Malise Graham | Director of Reserves, Army Headquarters | Queen's Own Yeomanry King's Royal Hussars14th/20th King's Hussars | CB, VR | 31 October 2020 | |||
| Assistant Chief of the General Staff | Royal Signals | CB | 11 January 2021 | ||||
| Michael R. Keating | Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Army Air Corps | CBE | 14 May 2021 | |||
| Richard M. Clements | Director of Basing and Infrastructure, Army Command | Royal Artillery | CBE | 17 November 2021 | |||
| Christopher Brendan Kevin Barry | Commander, Land Warfare Centre Director of Land Warfare, Army Command | Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Welsh Special Air Service[4] | CBE | 10 December 2021 | |||
| Royal Engineers | MBE | 4 February 2022 | |||||
| Aidan Michael Gerard Smyth | Deputy Commander Field Army | Royal Engineers | QVRM, TD, DL | 5 April 2022 | |||
| Gerald Ewart-Brookes | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps | 25 April 2022 | |||||
| Thomas Howard Bewick | General Officer Commanding, Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command | The Light Infantry The Rifles | OBE | 5 May 2022 | |||
| Marc Anthony John McHardy Overton | TD, VR | 15 June 2022 | |||||
| Director Programmes | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | OBE | 6 July 2022 | ||||
| Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment | OBE | 29 July 2022 | |||||
| Mark Pullan | Royal Artillery | CBE | 12 September 2022 | ||||
| Standing Joint Force Commander | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoon Guards | CBE | 16 September 2022 | ||||
| Anna-Lee Reilly | Director of Operations, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CB | 29 November 2022 | |||
| Director of Joint Support, Strategic Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 13 February 2023 | ||||
| Benjamin James Cattermole | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | CBE | 5 May 2023 | ||||
| Sarah Helen Johansen | Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence | Intelligence Corps | MBE | 26 June 2023 | |||
| Andrew J. W. Sturrock | Director of Strategy and Plans, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Royal Engineers | 3 July 2023 | ||||
| Dominic Stead James Biddick | Chief of Staff, Field Army | Royal Anglian Regiment | MBE MC | 28 July 2023 | |||
| Educational and Training Services Branch The Rifles | MC | 31 July 2023 | |||||
| Oliver J. Kingsbury | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 2 August 2023 | ||||
| Light Dragoons | CBE | 21 August 2023 | |||||
| Matthew H. Jones | Director of Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration, Army Command | Intelligence Corps | MBE | 29 August 2023 | |||
| Samuel L. Humphris | Director of Personnel, Army Command | Duke of Wellington's Regiment Yorkshire Regiment | MBE | 11 September 2023 | |||
| Director Reserves | Royal Engineers | 3 October 2023 | |||||
| Military Secretary and General Officer, Scotland Colonel The Royal Regiment of Scotland | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | CBE | 13 October 2023 | ||||
| Ian Alexander J. Turner | Director Futures, Army Headquarters | Irish Guards | DSO | 23 October 2023 | |||
| Charles A. Hewitt | Vice Director United States European Command J3 Operations Directorate | Royal Artillery | 4 December 2023 | ||||
| Richard A. Allen | Director Army Legal Services | Army Legal Services | 1 January 2024 | ||||
| Mark R. Purves | Director Information and Army Chief Information Officer | Royal Signals | 1 March 2024 | ||||
| Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt | Deputy Chief of Staff Headquarters Field Army Master General of Logistics | Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 22 April 2024 | |||
| Philip A. J. McNee | Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces | Royal Army Medical Corps | KHP | ||||
| Army Air Corps | CBE | 12 May 2024 | |||||
| John L. Clark | Royal Engineers | CBE | 24 July 2024 | ||||
| Adrian P. Reilly |
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former regiment or corps | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus George Costeker Fair | Deputy Director of Military Support, Ministry of Defence | CBE, DSO | 30 June 2016 | ||||
| Timothy John Seal | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 1st (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Logistic Corps | TD, DL, VR | 27 February 2017 | |||
| Richard J. Carter | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Defence Digital | Royal Signals | 30 June 2017 | ||||
| Ingrid Anne Rolland | Head of Reserve Strategy, Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | VR, DL | 4 December 2017 | |||
| James Chenevix Coote | UK Military Attaché to the USA | Royal Engineers Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | DSO, OBE | 31 December 2017 | |||
| Philip J. Clark | Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Intelligence Corps | 30 June 2018 | ||||
| Benjamin M. A. Wrench | Head of Defence Land Safety Regulator[5] | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | 30 June 2018 | ||||
| Gavin J. Thompson | Senior British Military Liaison Officer to Kuwait | 31 December 2018 | |||||
| Leigh Tingey | Director of Plans, Policy, Strategy and Capabilities, United States European Command | Royal Engineers | 31 December 2018 | ||||
| Alastair Buchanan Veitch | UK Defence Attaché to France Head of British Defence Staff in France | Royal Engineers | 31 December 2018 | ||||
| Joseph Butterfill | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MC | 30 June 2019 | ||||
| Anthony Peter Finn | Senior Health Adviser, Army Command | Royal Army Medical Corps | 30 June 2019 | ||||
| Joseph E. Fossey | Head of Capability Strategy, Finance and Military Capability, Ministry of Defence | Royal Engineers | MID, MBE | 30 June 2019 | |||
| Nicholas T. Sawyer | UK Defence Attaché to India | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2019 | ||||
| Alexander J. Smith | Senior British Officer, US Security Co-ordinator, Palestine | Royal Signals | 30 June 2019 | ||||
| Lisa C. Keetley | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 31 December 2019 | |||||
| Stephen William Rayson | Deputy Commander, Home Command | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps | QVRM, TD, VR | 23 August 2019 | |||
| Adam D. McRae | Army Inspector | Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Logistic Corps | MBE | 31 December 2019 | |||
| R. G. Hughes | QVRM TD | 9 May 2020 | |||||
| Nigel J. Best | UK Defence Attaché to Australia | 17th/21st Lancers Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers | OBE | 30 June 2020 | |||
| Michael Edward George Caldicott | Head of Logistics Transformation, Ministry of Defence | Royal Corps of Transport Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 30 June 2020 | |||
| Matthew Timothy Cansdale | Commander, Collective Training Group | Parachute Regiment | CBE | 30 June 2020 | |||
| James Peter Cook | Royal Artillery | OBE | 30 June 2020 | ||||
| Alison L. Curnow | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2020 | |||||
| Lee J. N. Daley | Commandant, Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2020 | ||||
| Christopher D. Davies | Head of International Communications and Engagement, Army Command | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | OBE | 30 June 2020 | |||
| Andrew P. L. Dawes | Deputy Commander, British Forces Cyprus Chief of Staff, British Forces Cyprus | Royal Artillery | CBE | 30 June 2020 | |||
| Elizabeth Jane Faithfull-Davies | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 30 June 2020 | ||||
| Charles R. P. Ginn | Head of Plans, Army Command | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment | 30 June 2020 | ||||
| Patrick S. Reehal | Royal Logistic Corps | MBE | 30 June 2020 | ||||
| Andrew D. Cox | Chief of Staff, Home Command | Staffordshire Regiment Mercian Regiment | MBE | 31 December 2020 | |||
| Stefan B. Crossfield | Head of Information Exploitation, Army Command Chief Data Officer, Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 31 December 2020 | ||||
| Keith J. Eble | Head of Operational Law, Army Command | Army Legal Services | 31 December 2020 | ||||
| Jason C. Rhodes | UK Defence Attaché to Germany | Royal Engineers | 31 December 2020 | ||||
| Philip J. Bassingham-Searle | Head of Armed Forces Renumeration, Army Command | Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment | 30 June 2021 | ||||
| Richard S. C. Bell | Royal Irish Regiment | 30 June 2021 | |||||
| Matthew J. Birch | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2021 | |||||
| Philip A. Carter | Commander, Defence Primary Healthcare | Royal Army Medical Corps | 30 June 2021 | ||||
| Timothy J. Crossland | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2021 | |||||
| Philip R. D. Muir | Assistant Chief of Staff (Equipment), Field Army | Royal Signals | 30 June 2021 | ||||
| Clare Patricia Philips | Deputy Military Secretary | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 30 June 2021 | |||
| Jeremy E. G. Sharpe | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2021 | |||||
| James E. H. Vigne | Head of Efficiency, Army Command | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2021 | ||||
| Lucinda Caryl Westerman | Royal Signals | 30 June 2021 | |||||
| Duncan Robertson Wilson | Head of Research and Clinical Innovation, Defence Medical Services | Royal Army Medical Corps | QHP | 30 June 2021 | |||
| John Richards Kendall | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 3rd (United Kingdom) Division | Royal Signals | VR | 26 July 2021 | |||
| Marcus J. Mudd | Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers | CBE, DSO | 30 June 2021 | |||
| David J. Bickers | Head of Strategy, Army Command | Royal Engineers | MBE | 31 December 2021 | |||
| Michael D. Cornwell | Head of Future Force Development, Army Command | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | OBE | 31 December 2021 | |||
| Jon P. Cresswell | Royal Artillery | 31 December 2021 | |||||
| Julian Guy Hill | Royal Signals | OBE | 31 December 2021 | ||||
| Christopher King | Head of Military Capability Plans | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | CBE | 31 December 2021 | |||
| Shay J. J. Marks | Intelligence Corps | 31 December 2021 | |||||
| Edward Dixon Sandry | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 31 December 2021 | ||||
| James W. Taylor | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MBE | 31 December 2021 | ||||
| Mark C. P. Wilson | Royal Green Jackets The Rifles | MBE | 31 December 2021 | ||||
| Matthew Joseph Petersen | Deputy Commander (Reserves), 6th (United Kingdom) Division | Parachute Regiment Royal Welsh Regiment Royal Welsh | VR | 1 March 2022 | |||
| Gillian Heather Wilkinson | Deputy Military Secretary (Reserves) | Army Reserve Royal Logistic Corps | QVRM | 28 April 2022 | |||
| Adam Fraser-Hitchen | Head of Personnel (Reserves), Army Command | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 2 May 2022 | ||||
| B. Banerjee | Army Reserve | QVRM | 27 June 2022 | ||||
| Mark James David Ackrill | Commander, 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team Head of Profession, Army Aviation | Army Air Corps | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Carl William Boswell | Devonshire and Dorset Regiment The Rifles | QCVS | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Guy Justin Boxall | Royal Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Neil James Mark Budd | Assistant Head of Strategy, Army Headquarters | Royal Artillery | OBE | 30 June 2022 | |||
| Owen George Bunkle | Head of Defence Logistics Operations and Capability, Strategic Command | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Nicholas David Guise Cowley | Commander, Combat Manoeuvre Centre | OBE | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Michael John Fayers | Commander, 1st Signal Brigade Assistant Chief of Staff (Communications), Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Royal Signals | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Guy Baron Foden | Royal Anglian Regiment | 30 June 2022 | |||||
| Andrew Michael Gilks | Deputy Commander, Joint Helicopter Command Chief of Staff, Joint Helicopter Command | Army Air Corps | MBE | 30 June 2022 | |||
| Neil Darren Grant | Deputy Commander, Allied Special Operations Forces Command[6] | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Mercian Regiment | DSO, MC | 30 June 2022 | |||
| Andrew D. Griffiths | Staff and Personnel Support Branch | OBE | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Charles Edward Digby Grist | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment The Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Craig Ian Hanson | Head of Logistics, Army Command | Royal Logistic Corps | CBE | 30 June 2022 | |||
| Karl Ryan Harris | Royal Artillery | CBE | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Richard P. Hart | Head of Global Campaigns, Russia and Wider Europe, Ministry of Defence | Royal Artillery | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Robert Sholto James Hedderwick | Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland | 30 June 2022 | |||||
| Justin George Edward Stenhouse | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | CBE, DSO | 30 June 2022 | ||||
| Matthew R. Wilkinson | Head, Vehicle Support Team, Defence Equipment and Support | Royal Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2022 | |||
| Julian Anthony Paul Ladd | Deputy Director Land Warfare | Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment | TD, VR | 1 July 2022 | |||
| J. Owen M. Lyttle | MBE, TD, VR | 4 July 2022 | [7] | ||||
| C. J. Ledsham | TD | 17 October 2022 | |||||
| Jonathan Asbee | Royal Logistics Corps | 31 December 2022 | |||||
| Mark Comer | Royal Logistics Corps | 31 December 2022 | |||||
| Andrew Stuart Garner | Yorkshire Regiment | CBE | 31 December 2022 | ||||
| Denis James | Life Guards | 31 December 2022 | |||||
| Matthew Edward Munro | Head, British Defence Staff in West Africa UK Defence Attaché to Nigeria | The Highlanders Royal Regiment of Scotland | 31 December 2022 | ||||
| J. K. Mahan | 5 June 2023 | ||||||
| Robert N. Alston | Head of Joint Fires and Influence, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps | Royal Regiment of Artillery | MBE | 30 June 2023 | |||
| Simon J. Carvel | Royal Engineers | 30 June 2023 | |||||
| Kirsten J. Dagless | Head of Talent, Skills, Learning, and Development, Ministry of Defence | Royal Logistics Corps | OBE | 30 June 2023 | |||
| Philip de Rouffignac | 30 June 2023 | ||||||
| Leigh J. Drummond | Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Field Army | Royal Regiment of Scotland | MBE | 30 June 2023 | |||
| Daniel B. Duff | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | 30 June 2023 | |||||
| Rupert S. Evetts | Blues and Royals | OBE | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| Karl L. Frankland | Royal Logistic Corps | 30 June 2023 | |||||
| Giles R. Harris | Welsh Guards | DSO, OBE | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| Paul M. Hayhurst | UK Defence Attaché to Pakistan | Army Air Corps | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| Jeremy Lamb | Deputy Commander, London District | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | MC | 30 June 2023 | |||
| Tobias Lambert | Head of Land Industrial Strategy, Ministry of Defence | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | OBE | 30 June 2023 | |||
| Michael J. Morton | Head of Digital Strategy, Defence Digital | Royal Signals | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| David T. Pack | Royal Gurkha Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| James S. R. Priest | Royal Logistic Corps | MBE | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| Sarah L. Pringle-Smith | Provost Marshal Commander, 1st Military Police Brigade Chief of Military Police, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Inspector of Service Custody Premises | Adjutant General′s Corps | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| Jeremy A. Rostron | Parachute Regiment | 30 June 2023 | |||||
| Henry L. Searby | Queen′s Royal Lancers | OBE | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| Robert J. Singleton | Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | 30 June 2023 | |||||
| Simon G. Smith | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | MBE | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| Nicholas Thomas | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | CBE | 30 June 2023 | ||||
| John Crichton Wakelin | Head of Training Capability, Army Command Director, Collective Training Transformation Programme | The Rifles | OBE | 30 June 2023 | |||
| Stuart W. Whittley | Royal Signals | 30 June 2023 | |||||
| Caroline J. Woodbridge-Lewin | Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training | Royal Signals | MBE | 30 June 2023 | |||
| John M. H. Woolmer | Intelligence Corps | 30 June 2023 | |||||
| Timothy Peter Jenkins | OBE, TD, VR | 7 August 2023 | |||||
| P. Beaumont | Royal Artillery | 31 December 2023 | |||||
| M. S. P. Berry | Commander, 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team | Life Guards | 31 December 2023 | ||||
| J. P. Davies | MBE | 31 December 2023 | |||||
| N. D. Doyle | 31 December 2023 | ||||||
| Irene Katarzyna Dzisiewska | Royal Engineers | 31 December 2023 | |||||
| J. C. Murray | Royal Logistics Corps | 31 December 2023 | |||||
| P. T. Quaite | Head of Infrastructure Plans | Royal Engineers | OBE | 31 December 2023 | |||
| G. C. Wearmouth | OBE | 31 December 2023 | |||||
| N. M. Wight-Boycott | Chief of Staff, Joint Force Headquarters | Royal Regiment of Scotland | OBE | 31 December 2023 | |||
| B. M. Wilde | MBE | 31 December 2023 | |||||
| P. W. B. Wright | Adjutant General′s Corps | 31 December 2023 | |||||
| N. J. Sutherland | Army Reserve | VR | 1 February 2024 | ||||
| J. Ainley | OBE | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| P. W. S. Baines | OBE | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| M. R. Baker | OBE | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| J. L. Owen | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| O. J. H. Bryant | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| E. G. R. Cartwright | Parachute Regiment | OBE | 30 June 2024 | ||||
| D. C. Close | Royal Regiment of Scotland | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| S. G. Cooke | The Royal Logistics Corps | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| C. L. Coton | Royal Regiment of Artillery | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| N. G. English | MBE | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| A. N. B. Foden | The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth′s Own) | DSO MBE | 30 June 2024 | ||||
| A. J. C. Geary | OBE | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| C. Gent | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| D. C. Glendenning | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| R. G. Hallett | OBE | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| G. P. Hatcher | OBE | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| P. B. Hughes | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| M. G. T. Lewis | Royal Irish Regiment | OBE | 30 June 2024 | ||||
| P. G. Loader | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| G. A. McDade | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| E. A. Mortimore | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| C. Palmer | OBE | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| S. A. Ridgway | OBE | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| A. Ridland | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| Nicholas Serle | Head of Military Capability Delivery, Army Command | Duke of Lancaster′s Regiment | 30 June 2024 | ||||
| K. A. Sheldon | Head of Programmes | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| A. D. Watson | Royal Regiment of Scotland | OBE | 30 June 2024 | ||||
| J. D. Webster | 30 June 2024 |