List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines explained

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]

Lieutenant-Generals

NamePhotoAppointmentDecorationsDate of promotionRef
22 January 2020
KCB, OBE15 November 2021

Major-Generals

NamePhotoAppointmentDecorationsDate of promotionRef
Paul P. Lynch Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence, NATO7 August 2023
Duncan G. Forbes Director of Strategy and Policy and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff11 March 2024
Daniel Blanchford CBE 29 April 2024
Richard John CantrillOBE, MC 6 May 2024
Philip Mark Totten Director Naval Staff OBE28 May 2024
Anthony R. Turner 17 June 2024

Brigadiers

NamePhotoAppointmentDecorationsDate of promotionRef
Michael John Tanner Naval Base Commander (Devonport)OBE 20 February 2020
Neil Sutherland Deputy Commandant-General Royal Marines
Chief of Staff, Navy Command HQ
MBE, ADC 7 June 2022
Paul Andrew Maynard Chief Joint Force Operations OBE 11 July 2022
James Fraser Roylance Chief Technology Officer, Navy Command July 2022
Derek P. Stafford October 2022
Andrew P. L. Watkins Deputy Director J5 Plans, US Central Command 19 June 2023
Christopher E. Haw Director Future Commando Force Programme MC 25 September 2023
Richard C. Morris Military Assistant to the Prime MinisterOBE 27 September 2023
Benjamin E. Halsted Deputy Commander, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve MBE 20 October 2023
James A. Dennis Assistant Chief of Staff J5 and Head of Customer Services, Defence Digital 6 November 2023
Jonathan J. Sear Defence Attaché, Germany 6 April 2024
Jamie M. Norman Commander, UK Commando ForceDSO, OBE 29 April 2024
Richard Alston OBE 23 September 2024
Andrew R. Muddiman Naval Regional Commander Scotland and Northern Ireland ADC[2]
Christopher N.M.P. OrdwayMilitary Head of Euro-Atlantic Security, Ministry of Defence
Douglas C.J. Pennefather

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ADMIRALS: NOVEMBER 2020. 10 November 2020.
  2. News: New Royal Navy Regional Commander installed in ceremony in Fife. Fife Today. 20 August 2021. 22 December 2021.