This is a list of serving senior officers of the British Army. It includes currently serving generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadiers.
Generals Name Photo Appointment Former regiment/corps Honours Date of promotion Ref Dame Sharon Patricia Moffat Nesmith Vice Chief of the Defence Staff Royal Signals DCB 10 June 2024 Sir Charles Roland Vincent Walker Chief of the General Staff Grenadier Guards Special Air Service KCB, DSO 15 June 2024 Nicholas Charles Laybourne Perry Commander Joint Force Command Norfolk Royal Hussars DSO, MBE 25 September 2026
Lieutenant generals Name Photo Appointment Former regiment/corps Honours Date of promotion Ref Sir Charles Seymour Collins Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) Royal Green Jackets The Rifles KBE, DSO 4 September 2023 Sir Simon Peter Hamilton Deputy Chief of the General Staff Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers KBE 8 December 2023 Michael Richard Elviss Commander, Allied Rapid Reaction CorpsMaster Gunner, St James's Park Royal Artillery CB, MBE, QCVS (x2) March 2024 Jeremy Matthew James Bennett Deputy Commander, Allied Land Command Royal Artillery CB, CBE 18 October 2024 John Robert Mead Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum Royal Artillery CB, OBE 6 December 2024 Anna-Lee Reilly Director General of Core Delivery, Defence Equipment and Support Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers CB 18 August 2025 Paul Raymond Griffiths Commander, Standing Joint Command Royal Signals CB 1 September 2025 Eldon Nicholas Somerville Millar UK National Military Representative to NATOUK National Military Representative to the EU Royal Engineers CVO, MBE 12 January 2026 Zachary Raymond Stenning Commander Land Forces Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment CB, OBE 30 March 2026 Matthew Howard Jones Chief of Defence Intelligence Intelligence Corps OBE 29 June 2026 Thomas Julian Bateman Commander Multinational Force Ukraine Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoon Guards CBE July 2026
Major generals Name Photo Appointment Former regiment/corps Honours Date of promotion Ref Gerald Mark Strickland Senior British Loan Services Officer to Oman 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha RiflesRoyal Gurkha Rifles CB, DSO, MBE 6 May 2019 James Maurice Hannan Bowder General Officer Commanding, London District Major-General commanding the Household Division Grenadier Guards OBE 19 July 2019 Christopher Brendan Kevin Barry Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Welsh Special Air ServiceThis week we had the pleasure of hosting Major General CBK Barry CBE, Director Land Warfare. CBE 10 December 2021 Thomas Howard Bewick Commander, British Forces Cyprus The Light Infantry The Rifles OBE 5 May 2022 Marc Anthony John McHardy Overton Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment London Regiment CB, TD, VR 15 June 2022 Jonathan Swift Assistant Chief of the General Staff Royal Regiment of Fusiliers OBE 6 July 2022 Mark Pullan Royal Artillery CBE 12 September 2022 Julian N.E. Buczacki Royal Lancers CBE 2 December 2022 Philip David Prosser Director of Joint Support, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers CBE 13 February 2023 Benjamin James Cattermole Commander, Joint Inter-Agency Task Force Lazurite Royal Scots Dragoon Guards CBE 5 May 2023 Andrew J. W. Sturrock Director of Strategy and Plans, Defence Infrastructure Organisation Royal Engineers 3 July 2023 Dominic Stead James Biddick https://nrdc-ita.nato.int/about-us/leadership/deputy-commander.aspx Royal Anglian Regiment MBE MC 28 July 2023 Daniel Reeve Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations and Commitments) Educational and Training Services Branch The Rifles MC 31 July 2023 Oliver J. Kingsbury Commander, Land Warfare CentreDirector of Land Warfare, Army Command Parachute Regiment OBE 2 August 2023 James Matthew Senior Commander, Army Cadet Force Light Dragoons CBE 21 August 2023 Samuel Leslie Humphris Director of Personnel, Army Command Duke of Wellington's Regiment Yorkshire Regiment CB, MBE 11 September 2023 The Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Director of Reserves, Army Command Royal Engineers TD, VR, PC 3 October 2023 Robin Ronald Edward Lindsay Military Secretary and General Officer, Scotland Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland CBE 13 October 2023 Ian Alexander J. Turner Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability and Force Design) Irish Guards DSO 23 October 2023 Charles A. Hewitt Royal Artillery 4 December 2023 Richard A. Allen Director of Army Legal Services Army Legal Services 1 January 2024 Mark R. Purves Director of Information, Army CommandChief Information Officer, Army Command Royal Signals 1 March 2024 Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt Deputy Chief of Staff, Field Army Royal Logistic Corps CBE 22 April 2024 John L. Clark Allied Joint Force Command Naples Royal Engineers CBE 24 July 2024 Lisa C. Keetley Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (People Capability)Defence Services Secretary Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2 September 2024 Nicholas David Guise Cowley Commandant of the Royal Military Academy SandhurstGeneral Officer Commanding, Army Individual Training CommandDirector of Army Leadership The Queen's Royal Hussars OBE 18 October 2024 John Richards Kendall Deputy Commander Field Army Royal Signals VR, DL 19 November 2024 James Chenevix Coote Senior British Military Advisor to United States Central Command Royal Engineers Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment DSO, OBE 31 January 2025 Joseph Edward Fossey Director of Recruiting, Army Command Royal Engineers OBE 28 February 2025 Andrew D. Cox Deputy Commanding General (Support), III (US) Armored Corps Staffordshire Regiment Mercian Regiment MBE 4 April 2025 Robert Sholto James Hedderwick General Officer Commanding, 1st (United Kingdom) Division Black WatchRoyal Regiment of Scotland 1 August 2025 Philip A. Carter Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces Royal Army Medical Corps 4 August 2025 Charles Edward Digby Grist Deputy Commanding General (Manoeuvre), V (US) Corps Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire RegimentThe Rifles OBE 15 August 2025 Matthew Timothy Cansdale Director of Futures, Army Command Parachute Regiment CBE 15 September 2025 Alexander James Smith Director of Basing and Infrastructure, Army Command Royal Signals CBE 25 September 2025 Christopher King Director of Programmes, Army Command Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers CBE 3 October 2025 Anthony Peter Finn Director of Medical Personnel and Training, Defence Medical Services Royal Army Medical Corps 17 November 2025 Carl William Boswell Chief of Staff, Field Army Devonshire and Dorset RegimentThe Rifles CBE, QCVS 17 November 2025 Neil Darren Grant Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters RegimentMercian Regiment DSO, MC 21 November 2025 Oliver Charles Christopher Brown Royal Anglian Regiment CBE Peter J. Rowell Commandant, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom Royal Engineers Philip A. J. McNee Royal Army Medical Corps Marcus J. Mudd Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Headquarters Joint Force Command Naples Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Lancers CBE, DSO 16 January 2026 Owen George Bunkle Director Support Army Command Headquarters Royal Logistic Corps 26 January 2026 Tobias Lambert Senior Military Advisor and Operations Director International Collaboration and Exports Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers OBE 31 April 2026 Justin George Edward Stenhouse General Officer Commanding, Regional Command 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards CBE, DSO 13 July 2026 Rupert Spark Evetts Chief of Staff, Land Forces Blues and Royals OBE 31 July 2026 Henry Lister Searby General Officer Commanding, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division Queen′s Royal Lancers OBE 3 September 2026 David Thomas Pack Vice Director United States European Command Royal Gurkha Rifles OBE 15 September 2026 Michael John Fayers Commander Defence Cyber and Electro Magnetic Force Royal Signals 14 September 2026
Acting Name Photo Appointment Former regiment/corps Honours Date of promotion Ref Elizabeth Jane Faithfull-Davies Director of Land Equipment, Defence Equipment and Support Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers CB, CBE March 2024
Chaplain-Generals Name Photo Appointment Former regiment/corps Honours Date of promotion Ref Michael D. Parker Chaplain-General to His Majesty's Land Forces Royal Army Chaplains' Department 8 May 2022
Brigadiers