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Walker">Sir Roland Walker</a><br /></div>since 15 June 2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">CGS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Defence_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Defence Council of the United Kingdom">Defence Council</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Army_Board" title="Army Board">Army Board</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chiefs of Staff Committee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">The Monarch</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">On the advice of the Prime Minister, subject to formal approval by the <a href="/wiki/King-in-Council" title="King-in-Council">King-in-Council</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">No fixed length</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Forces" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Forces">Commander-in-Chief of the Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1904, 1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data">Sir <a href="/wiki/Neville_Lyttelton" title="Neville Lyttelton">Neville Lyttelton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Deputy Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Deputy Chief of the General Staff</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Chief of the General Staff</b> (<b>CGS</b>) has been the title of the professional head of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> since 1964. The CGS is a member of both the <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chiefs of Staff Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Army_Board" title="Army Board">Army Board</a>; he is also the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Army Board. Prior to 1964, the title was <b>Chief of the Imperial General Staff</b> (<b>CIGS</b>). Since 1959, the post has been immediately subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a>, the post held by the professional head of the <a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">British Armed Forces</a>. </p><p>The current Chief of the General Staff is General <a href="/wiki/Roland_Walker" title="Roland Walker">Sir Roland Walker</a>, who succeeded General <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Sanders_(British_Army_officer)" title="Patrick Sanders (British Army officer)">Sir Patrick Sanders</a> in the role on 15 June 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-walker_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chief of the General Staff (<abbr>CGS</abbr>) is the professional head of the Army, with responsibility for developing and generating military capability from an integrated Army (Regular and Reserve) and for maintaining the fighting effectiveness, efficiency and morale of the Service. The <abbr>CGS</abbr> reports to the Chief of the Defence Staff (<abbr>CDS</abbr>) and, as a Service <abbr>COS</abbr>, has a right of direct access to the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister. The <abbr>CGS</abbr> is a member of the Defence Council and the Army Board, the Armed Forces Committee, the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Senior Appointments Committee. Responsibile for: </p> <ul><li>Maintains the institutional health of the Army by exercising Full Command responsibility for all Army personnel</li> <li>Ensures the efficient and effective governance of the service</li> <li>Chairs the Executive Committee of the Army Board and the Army Command Group</li> <li>Contributes to the conduct of defence higher level business, with a particular responsibility for providing specialist advice on Army matters</li> <li>Develops future Army capability within the context of Defence strategic direction and resource allocation</li> <li>Leads the senior management team of the British Army<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The title was also used for five years between the demise of the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Forces" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Forces">Commander-in-Chief of the Forces</a> in 1904 and the introduction of Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1909. The post was then held by General Sir <a href="/wiki/Neville_Lyttelton" title="Neville Lyttelton">Neville Lyttelton</a> and, briefly, by Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/William_Nicholson,_1st_Baron_Nicholson" title="William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson">Sir William Nicholson</a>. </p><p>Throughout the existence of the post the Chief of the General Staff has been the First Military Member of the <a href="/wiki/Army_Board" title="Army Board">Army Board</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Professional heads of the English/British Armed Forces <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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The RAF was formed in 1918 </td> <td style="background: #ececec;" rowspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">1689 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_Naval_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Naval Lord">Senior Naval Lord</a> (1689–1771) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">1771 </td> <td>First Naval Lord (1771–1904) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">1904 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> (1904–1917) </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chief of the General Staff</a> (1904–1909) </td> <td style="background: #ececec;" rowspan="4">Inter-service co-ordination was carried out from 1904 by the <a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Imperial_Defence" title="Committee of Imperial Defence">Committee of Imperial Defence</a> under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">1909 </td> <td rowspan="5">Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1909–1964) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">1917 </td> <td rowspan="5">First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1917–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">1918 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Air Staff</a> (1918–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">1923 </td> <td>Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chiefs of Staff Committee</a> (1923–1959, held by one of the service heads until 1956) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">1959 </td> <td rowspan="2">Chief of the Defence Staff (1959–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">1964 </td> <td>Chief of the General Staff (1964–present) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roles">Roles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chief was responsible for commanding the entire British Army. During the Second World War, General Brooke focused on grand strategy, and his relationships, through the Combined Chiefs of Staff with his American counterparts. He was also responsible for the appointment and evaluation of senior commanders, allocation of manpower and equipment, and the organisation of tactical air forces in support of land operations of field commanders; he also had primary responsibility for supervising the military operations of the Free French, Polish, Dutch, Belgian, and Czech units reporting to their governments in exile in London. Brooke vigorously allocated responsibilities to his deputies, and despite the traditional historical distrust that had existed between the military and the political side of the War Office, he got along quite well with his counterpart, the Secretary of State for War, first <a href="/wiki/David_Margesson,_1st_Viscount_Margesson" title="David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson">David Margesson</a> and later, Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Grigg" title="James Grigg">James Grigg</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appointees">Appointees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Appointees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following table lists all those who have held the post of Chief of the General Staff or its preceding positions. Ranks and honours are as at the completion of their tenure: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Name</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="7">Chiefs of the General Staff </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nlyttleton.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Neville Lyttelton"><img alt="Sir Neville Lyttelton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Nlyttleton.jpg/100px-Nlyttleton.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Nlyttleton.jpg/150px-Nlyttleton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Nlyttleton.jpg/200px-Nlyttleton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="534" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lyttelton, Neville</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Neville_Lyttelton" title="Neville Lyttelton">Neville Lyttelton</a></b><br /><small>(1845–1931)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 February 1904</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 April 1908</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003151100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 50 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicholson-1898.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir William Nicholson"><img alt="Sir William Nicholson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Nicholson-1898.jpg/100px-Nicholson-1898.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Nicholson-1898.jpg/150px-Nicholson-1898.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Nicholson-1898.jpg/200px-Nicholson-1898.jpg 2x" data-file-width="876" data-file-height="1196" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Nicholson, William</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Nicholson,_1st_Baron_Nicholson" title="William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson">William Nicholson</a></b><br /><small>(1845–1918)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 April 1908</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 November 1909</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002599000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 234 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="7">Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicholson-1898.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir William Nicholson"><img alt="Sir William Nicholson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Nicholson-1898.jpg/100px-Nicholson-1898.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Nicholson-1898.jpg/150px-Nicholson-1898.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Nicholson-1898.jpg/200px-Nicholson-1898.jpg 2x" data-file-width="876" data-file-height="1196" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Nicholson, William</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Nicholson,_1st_Baron_Nicholson" title="William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson">William Nicholson</a></b><br /><small>(1845–1918)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 November 1909</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 March 1912</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002844000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 114 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Field_Marshal_Sir_John_French_(6282413701).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir John French"><img alt="Sir John French" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Field_Marshal_Sir_John_French_%286282413701%29.jpg/100px-Field_Marshal_Sir_John_French_%286282413701%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Field_Marshal_Sir_John_French_%286282413701%29.jpg/150px-Field_Marshal_Sir_John_French_%286282413701%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Field_Marshal_Sir_John_French_%286282413701%29.jpg/200px-Field_Marshal_Sir_John_French_%286282413701%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">French, John</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_French,_1st_Earl_of_Ypres" title="John French, 1st Earl of Ypres">John French</a></b><br /><small>(1852–1925)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 March 1912</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 April 1914</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002752000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 22 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cdouglas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Charles Douglas"><img alt="Sir Charles Douglas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Cdouglas.jpg/100px-Cdouglas.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Cdouglas.jpg/150px-Cdouglas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Cdouglas.jpg/200px-Cdouglas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">French, John</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._H._Douglas" title="Charles W. H. Douglas">Charles Douglas</a></b><br /><small>(1850–1914)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 April 1914</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 October 1914 †</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002202000000000000♠"></span>202 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Murray_Vanity_Fair_4_May_1905.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir James Wolfe Murray"><img alt="Sir James Wolfe Murray" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/James_Murray_Vanity_Fair_4_May_1905.jpg/100px-James_Murray_Vanity_Fair_4_May_1905.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/James_Murray_Vanity_Fair_4_May_1905.jpg/150px-James_Murray_Vanity_Fair_4_May_1905.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/James_Murray_Vanity_Fair_4_May_1905.jpg/200px-James_Murray_Vanity_Fair_4_May_1905.jpg 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="517" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Murray, James</span>Lieutenant-General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Wolfe_Murray" title="James Wolfe Murray">James Wolfe Murray</a></b><br /><small>(1853–1919)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 October 1914</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 September 1915</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002519000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 154 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Murray1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Archibald Murray"><img alt="Sir Archibald Murray" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Murray1.jpg/100px-Murray1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Murray1.jpg/150px-Murray1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Murray1.jpg/200px-Murray1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="495" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Murray, Archibald</span>Lieutenant-General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Murray" title="Archibald Murray">Archibald Murray</a></b><br /><small>(1860–1945)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 September 1915</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 December 1915</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001880000000000000♠"></span>88 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SirWilliamRobertson--nsillustratedwar04londuoft.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir William Robertson"><img alt="Sir William Robertson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/SirWilliamRobertson--nsillustratedwar04londuoft.jpg/100px-SirWilliamRobertson--nsillustratedwar04londuoft.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/SirWilliamRobertson--nsillustratedwar04londuoft.jpg/150px-SirWilliamRobertson--nsillustratedwar04londuoft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/SirWilliamRobertson--nsillustratedwar04londuoft.jpg/200px-SirWilliamRobertson--nsillustratedwar04londuoft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1809" data-file-height="2236" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Robertson, William</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Robertson,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet">William Robertson</a></b><br /><small>(1860–1933)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 December 1915</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 February 1918</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002789000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 58 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Hughes_Wilson,_British_general,_photo_portrait_standing_in_uniform.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Henry Wilson"><img alt="Sir Henry Wilson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Henry_Hughes_Wilson%2C_British_general%2C_photo_portrait_standing_in_uniform.jpg/100px-Henry_Hughes_Wilson%2C_British_general%2C_photo_portrait_standing_in_uniform.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Henry_Hughes_Wilson%2C_British_general%2C_photo_portrait_standing_in_uniform.jpg/150px-Henry_Hughes_Wilson%2C_British_general%2C_photo_portrait_standing_in_uniform.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Henry_Hughes_Wilson%2C_British_general%2C_photo_portrait_standing_in_uniform.jpg/200px-Henry_Hughes_Wilson%2C_British_general%2C_photo_portrait_standing_in_uniform.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3521" data-file-height="5052" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wilson, Henry</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Wilson,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet">Henry Wilson</a></b><br /><small>(1864–1922)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 February 1918</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 February 1922</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Earl_of_Cavan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan"><img alt="Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Earl_of_Cavan.jpg/100px-Earl_of_Cavan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Earl_of_Cavan.jpg/150px-Earl_of_Cavan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Earl_of_Cavan.jpg/200px-Earl_of_Cavan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="492" data-file-height="692" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lambart, Rudolph</span>Field Marshal<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Lambart,_10th_Earl_of_Cavan" title="Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan">Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan</a></b><br /><small>(1865–1946)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 February 1922</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 February 1926</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Francis_Milne.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir George Milne"><img alt="Sir George Milne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/George_Francis_Milne.jpg/100px-George_Francis_Milne.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/George_Francis_Milne.jpg/150px-George_Francis_Milne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/George_Francis_Milne.jpg/200px-George_Francis_Milne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Milne, George</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Milne,_1st_Baron_Milne" title="George Milne, 1st Baron Milne">George Milne</a></b><br /><small>(1866–1948)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 February 1926</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 February 1933</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mmassingberd.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd"><img alt="Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Mmassingberd.jpg/100px-Mmassingberd.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Mmassingberd.jpg/150px-Mmassingberd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Mmassingberd.jpg/200px-Mmassingberd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="770" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Montgomery, Archibald</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Montgomery-Massingberd" title="Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd">Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd</a></b><br /><small>(1871–1947)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 February 1933</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 May 1936</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003118100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 86 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Cyril_John_Deverell.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Cyril Deverell"><img alt="Sir Cyril Deverell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Sir_Cyril_John_Deverell.jpg/100px-Sir_Cyril_John_Deverell.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Sir_Cyril_John_Deverell.jpg/150px-Sir_Cyril_John_Deverell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Sir_Cyril_John_Deverell.jpg/200px-Sir_Cyril_John_Deverell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Deverell, Cyril</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Deverell" title="Cyril Deverell">Cyril Deverell</a></b><br /><small>(1874–1947)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 May 1936</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 December 1937</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002570000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 205 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Gort_at_Arras_WWII_IWM_O_177.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort"><img alt="John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/John_Gort_at_Arras_WWII_IWM_O_177.jpg/100px-John_Gort_at_Arras_WWII_IWM_O_177.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/John_Gort_at_Arras_WWII_IWM_O_177.jpg/150px-John_Gort_at_Arras_WWII_IWM_O_177.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/John_Gort_at_Arras_WWII_IWM_O_177.jpg/200px-John_Gort_at_Arras_WWII_IWM_O_177.jpg 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="729" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Vereker, John</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_Vereker,_6th_Viscount_Gort" title="John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort">John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort</a></b><br /><small>(1886–1946)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 December 1937</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 September 1939</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002636000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 271 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edmund_Ironside.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Edmund Ironside"><img alt="Sir Edmund Ironside" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Edmund_Ironside.jpg/100px-Edmund_Ironside.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Edmund_Ironside.jpg/150px-Edmund_Ironside.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Edmund_Ironside.jpg/200px-Edmund_Ironside.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2723" data-file-height="2871" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ironside, Edmund</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Ironside,_1st_Baron_Ironside" title="Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside">Edmund Ironside</a></b><br /><small>(1880–1959)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 September 1939</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 May 1940</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002266000000000000♠"></span>266 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_North_Africa,_1941_E2384E.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir John Dill"><img alt="Sir John Dill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg/100px-The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg/150px-The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg/200px-The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg 2x" data-file-width="761" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Dill, John</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Dill" title="John Dill">John Dill</a></b><br /><small>(1881–1944)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 May 1940</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 December 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002578000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 213 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke"><img alt="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg/100px-1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg/150px-1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg/200px-1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1645" data-file-height="2249" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Brooke, Alan</span>Field Marshal<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke" title="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke">Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke</a></b><br /><small>(1883–1963)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 December 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 June 1946</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003164300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 182 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated174_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated174-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein"><img alt="Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg/100px-Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg/150px-Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg/200px-Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="549" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Montgomery, Bernard</span>Field Marshal<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery" title="Bernard Montgomery">Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein</a></b><br /><small>(1887–1976)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 June 1946</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 November 1948</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002860000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 129 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated174_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated174-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Slim,_1950.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir William Slim"><img alt="Sir William Slim" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/William_Slim%2C_1950.jpg/100px-William_Slim%2C_1950.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/William_Slim%2C_1950.jpg/150px-William_Slim%2C_1950.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/William_Slim%2C_1950.jpg/200px-William_Slim%2C_1950.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="868" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Slim, William</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Slim,_1st_Viscount_Slim" title="William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim">William Slim</a></b><br /><small>(1891–1970)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 November 1948</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 November 1952</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jharding.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir John Harding"><img alt="Sir John Harding" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Jharding.jpg/100px-Jharding.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Jharding.jpg/150px-Jharding.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Jharding.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="217" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Harding, John</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Harding,_1st_Baron_Harding_of_Petherton" title="John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton">John Harding</a></b><br /><small>(1896–1989)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 November 1952</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 September 1955</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003106200000000000♠"></span>2 years, 332 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_gerald_templer.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Gerald Templer"><img alt="Sir Gerald Templer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Sir_gerald_templer.gif/100px-Sir_gerald_templer.gif" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Sir_gerald_templer.gif/150px-Sir_gerald_templer.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Sir_gerald_templer.gif 2x" data-file-width="162" data-file-height="229" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Templer, Gerald</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Templer" title="Gerald Templer">Gerald Templer</a></b><br /><small>(1898–1979)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 September 1955</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 September 1958</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ffesting.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Francis Festing"><img alt="Sir Francis Festing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Ffesting.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="215" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="78" data-file-height="168" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Festing, Francis</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Francis_Festing" title="Francis Festing">Francis Festing</a></b><br /><small>(1902–1976)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 September 1958</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 November 1961</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003112900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 33 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Richard Hull"><img alt="Sir Richard Hull" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="352" data-file-height="346" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hull, Richard</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hull" title="Richard Hull">Richard Hull</a></b><br /><small>(1902–1989)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 November 1961</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 1964</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 5 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1965_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1965-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="7">Chiefs of the General Staff </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Richard Hull"><img alt="Sir Richard Hull" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-General_Sir_Richard_Hull_speaks_to_officers_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="352" data-file-height="346" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hull, Richard</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hull" title="Richard Hull">Richard Hull</a></b><br /><small>(1902–1989)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-CDS_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 1964</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 February 1965</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">-</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir James Cassels"><img alt="Sir James Cassels" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Cassels, James</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Cassels_(British_Army_officer)" title="James Cassels (British Army officer)">James Cassels</a></b><br /><small>(1907–1996)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 February 1965</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 March 1968</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003111700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 22 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1965_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1965-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Geoffrey Baker"><img alt="Sir Geoffrey Baker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Baker, Geoffrey</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Baker_(British_Army_officer)" title="Geoffrey Baker (British Army officer)">Geoffrey Baker</a></b><br /><small>(1912–1980)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Tower_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tower-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 March 1968</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 April 1971</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003112600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 31 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1971_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1971-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Michael Carver"><img alt="Sir Michael Carver" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Carver, Michael</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Michael_Carver" title="Michael Carver">Michael Carver</a></b><br /><small>(1915–2001)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-CDS_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 April 1971</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 July 1973</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002840000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 109 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1971_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1971-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Peter Hunt"><img alt="Sir Peter Hunt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hunt, Peter</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Hunt_(British_Army_officer)" title="Peter Hunt (British Army officer)">Peter Hunt</a></b><br /><small>(1916–1988)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Tower_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tower-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 July 1973</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 July 1976</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109200000000000♠"></span>2 years, 362 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HRP_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRP-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Roland Gibbs"><img alt="Sir Roland Gibbs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gibbs, Roland</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Roland_Gibbs" title="Roland Gibbs">Roland Gibbs</a></b><br /><small>(1921–2004)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Tower_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tower-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 July 1976</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14 July 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Field_Marshal_Bramall_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Edwin Bramall"><img alt="Sir Edwin Bramall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Field_Marshal_Bramall_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Field_Marshal_Bramall_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Field_Marshal_Bramall_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Field_Marshal_Bramall_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Field_Marshal_Bramall_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Field_Marshal_Bramall_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2704" data-file-height="3023" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bramall, Edwin</span>Field Marshal<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Bramall" title="Edwin Bramall">Edwin Bramall</a></b><br /><small>(1923–2019)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-CDS_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14 July 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 August 1982</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003111400000000000♠"></span>3 years, 18 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir John Stanier"><img alt="Sir John Stanier" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Stanier, John</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Stanier_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Stanier (British Army officer)">John Stanier</a></b><br /><small>(1925–2007)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Tower_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tower-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 August 1982</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 July 1985</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109200000000000♠"></span>2 years, 361 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-HRP_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRP-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Nigel Bagnall"><img alt="Sir Nigel Bagnall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bagnall, Nigel</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Bagnall" title="Nigel Bagnall">Nigel Bagnall</a></b><br /><small>(1927–2002)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 July 1985</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 September 1988</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003114000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 44 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">31</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir John Chapple"><img alt="Sir John Chapple" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Chapple, John</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Chapple_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Chapple (British Army officer)">John Chapple</a></b><br /><small>(1931–2022)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 September 1988</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14 February 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003125200000000000♠"></span>3 years, 157 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">32</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Field_Marshal_Sir_Peter_Inge_KG,_GCB.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Peter Inge"><img alt="Sir Peter Inge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Field_Marshal_Sir_Peter_Inge_KG%2C_GCB.JPG/100px-Field_Marshal_Sir_Peter_Inge_KG%2C_GCB.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Field_Marshal_Sir_Peter_Inge_KG%2C_GCB.JPG/150px-Field_Marshal_Sir_Peter_Inge_KG%2C_GCB.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Field_Marshal_Sir_Peter_Inge_KG%2C_GCB.JPG/200px-Field_Marshal_Sir_Peter_Inge_KG%2C_GCB.JPG 2x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="320" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Inge, Peter</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Inge,_Baron_Inge" title="Peter Inge, Baron Inge">Peter Inge</a></b><br /><small>(1935–2022)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-CDS_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tower_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tower-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14 February 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 March 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002760000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 29 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-HRP_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRP-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Inge_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inge-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">33</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Guthrie.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Charles Guthrie"><img alt="Sir Charles Guthrie" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/General_Guthrie.jpg/100px-General_Guthrie.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/General_Guthrie.jpg/150px-General_Guthrie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/General_Guthrie.jpg/200px-General_Guthrie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="658" data-file-height="822" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Guthrie, Charles</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_Guthrie,_Baron_Guthrie_of_Craigiebank" title="Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank">Charles Guthrie</a></b><br /><small>(born 1938)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-CDS_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 March 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 February 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003105600000000000♠"></span>2 years, 325 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-Inge_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inge-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">34</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Roger Wheeler"><img alt="Sir Roger Wheeler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wheeler, Roger</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Roger_Wheeler_(British_Army_officer)" title="Roger Wheeler (British Army officer)">Roger Wheeler</a></b><br /><small>(born 1941)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Tower_31-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tower-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 February 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 April 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003116900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 74 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">35</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Sir_Michael_Walker.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Michael Walker"><img alt="Sir Michael Walker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/General_Sir_Michael_Walker.JPG/100px-General_Sir_Michael_Walker.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/General_Sir_Michael_Walker.JPG/150px-General_Sir_Michael_Walker.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/General_Sir_Michael_Walker.JPG/200px-General_Sir_Michael_Walker.JPG 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="814" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Walker, Michael</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Michael_Walker,_Baron_Walker_of_Aldringham" title="Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham">Michael Walker</a></b><br /><small>(born 1944)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-CDS_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 April 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 February 2003</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003102000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 290 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">36</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Jackson_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Mike Jackson"><img alt="Sir Mike Jackson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mike_Jackson_2.jpg/100px-Mike_Jackson_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mike_Jackson_2.jpg/150px-Mike_Jackson_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mike_Jackson_2.jpg/200px-Mike_Jackson_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1572" data-file-height="1517" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Jackson, Mike</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Mike_Jackson_(British_Army_officer)" title="Mike Jackson (British Army officer)">Mike Jackson</a></b><br /><small>(1944–2024)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 February 2003</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 August 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003130500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 209 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">37</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Sir_Francis_Richard_Dannatt,_KCB,_CBE,_MC_-_York_2007-09-22_(RLH).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Richard Dannatt"><img alt="Sir Richard Dannatt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/General_Sir_Francis_Richard_Dannatt%2C_KCB%2C_CBE%2C_MC_-_York_2007-09-22_%28RLH%29.jpg/100px-General_Sir_Francis_Richard_Dannatt%2C_KCB%2C_CBE%2C_MC_-_York_2007-09-22_%28RLH%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/General_Sir_Francis_Richard_Dannatt%2C_KCB%2C_CBE%2C_MC_-_York_2007-09-22_%28RLH%29.jpg/150px-General_Sir_Francis_Richard_Dannatt%2C_KCB%2C_CBE%2C_MC_-_York_2007-09-22_%28RLH%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/General_Sir_Francis_Richard_Dannatt%2C_KCB%2C_CBE%2C_MC_-_York_2007-09-22_%28RLH%29.jpg/200px-General_Sir_Francis_Richard_Dannatt%2C_KCB%2C_CBE%2C_MC_-_York_2007-09-22_%28RLH%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="212" data-file-height="320" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Dannatt, Richard</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dannatt" title="Richard Dannatt">Richard Dannatt</a></b><br /><small>(born 1950)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Tower_31-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tower-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 August 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 August 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109500000000000♠"></span>2 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">38</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen._Sir_David_Richards_at_NATO_Summit_in_Chicago_May_20,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir David Richards"><img alt="Sir David Richards" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Gen._Sir_David_Richards_at_NATO_Summit_in_Chicago_May_20%2C_2012.jpg/100px-Gen._Sir_David_Richards_at_NATO_Summit_in_Chicago_May_20%2C_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Gen._Sir_David_Richards_at_NATO_Summit_in_Chicago_May_20%2C_2012.jpg/150px-Gen._Sir_David_Richards_at_NATO_Summit_in_Chicago_May_20%2C_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Gen._Sir_David_Richards_at_NATO_Summit_in_Chicago_May_20%2C_2012.jpg/200px-Gen._Sir_David_Richards_at_NATO_Summit_in_Chicago_May_20%2C_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="1626" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Richards, David</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/David_Richards,_Baron_Richards_of_Herstmonceux" title="David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux">David Richards</a></b><br /><small>(born 1952)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-CDS_30-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 August 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 September 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002383000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 18 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">39</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Sir_Peter_Wall_in_No_1_uniform_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Peter Wall"><img alt="Sir Peter Wall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/General_Sir_Peter_Wall_in_No_1_uniform_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-General_Sir_Peter_Wall_in_No_1_uniform_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/General_Sir_Peter_Wall_in_No_1_uniform_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-General_Sir_Peter_Wall_in_No_1_uniform_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/General_Sir_Peter_Wall_in_No_1_uniform_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-General_Sir_Peter_Wall_in_No_1_uniform_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1878" data-file-height="1807" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wall, Peter</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Wall_(British_Army_officer)" title="Peter Wall (British Army officer)">Peter Wall</a></b><br /><small>(born 1955)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 September 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 September 2014</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003145100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 355 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">40</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Army_(British_Army)_General_Sir_Nicholas_Carter_(US_Army_photo_180514-A-IW468-223).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Nick Carter"><img alt="Sir Nick Carter" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Army_%28British_Army%29_General_Sir_Nicholas_Carter_%28US_Army_photo_180514-A-IW468-223%29.jpg/100px-Army_%28British_Army%29_General_Sir_Nicholas_Carter_%28US_Army_photo_180514-A-IW468-223%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Army_%28British_Army%29_General_Sir_Nicholas_Carter_%28US_Army_photo_180514-A-IW468-223%29.jpg/150px-Army_%28British_Army%29_General_Sir_Nicholas_Carter_%28US_Army_photo_180514-A-IW468-223%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Army_%28British_Army%29_General_Sir_Nicholas_Carter_%28US_Army_photo_180514-A-IW468-223%29.jpg/200px-Army_%28British_Army%29_General_Sir_Nicholas_Carter_%28US_Army_photo_180514-A-IW468-223%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="583" data-file-height="673" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Carter, Nick</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Nick_Carter_(British_Army_officer)" title="Nick Carter (British Army officer)">Nick Carter</a></b><br /><small>(born 1959)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-CDS_30-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 September 2014</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 June 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003137500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 279 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">41</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chief_of_the_General_Staff_inspects_the_new_Gurkhas_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Mark Carleton-Smith"><img alt="Sir Mark Carleton-Smith" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_inspects_the_new_Gurkhas_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Chief_of_the_General_Staff_inspects_the_new_Gurkhas_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_inspects_the_new_Gurkhas_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Chief_of_the_General_Staff_inspects_the_new_Gurkhas_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_inspects_the_new_Gurkhas_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Chief_of_the_General_Staff_inspects_the_new_Gurkhas_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Carleton, Mark</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Mark_Carleton-Smith" title="Mark Carleton-Smith">Mark Carleton-Smith</a></b><br /><small>(born 1964)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 June 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 June 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003146300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 2 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">42</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patrick_Sanders_inspects_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Patrick Sanders"><img alt="Sir Patrick Sanders" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Patrick_Sanders_inspects_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Patrick_Sanders_inspects_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Patrick_Sanders_inspects_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Patrick_Sanders_inspects_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Patrick_Sanders_inspects_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Patrick_Sanders_inspects_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2286" data-file-height="2168" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sanders, Patrick</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Sanders_(British_Army_officer)" title="Patrick Sanders (British Army officer)">Patrick Sanders</a></b><br /><small>(born 1966)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 June 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 June 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002733000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 2 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">43</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._Gen._Sir_Charles_Roland_Vincent_Walker_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sir Roland Walker"><img alt="Sir Roland Walker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lt._Gen._Sir_Charles_Roland_Vincent_Walker_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Lt._Gen._Sir_Charles_Roland_Vincent_Walker_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lt._Gen._Sir_Charles_Roland_Vincent_Walker_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Lt._Gen._Sir_Charles_Roland_Vincent_Walker_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lt._Gen._Sir_Charles_Roland_Vincent_Walker_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Lt._Gen._Sir_Charles_Roland_Vincent_Walker_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1700" data-file-height="2060" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Walker, Roland</span>General<br /><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/Roland_Walker" title="Roland Walker">Roland Walker</a></b><br /><small>(born 1970)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 June 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002244000000000000♠"></span>244 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-walker_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord / Chief of the Naval Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Deputy Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Deputy Chief of the General Staff</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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class="reference-text">Later served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tower-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tower_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tower_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tower_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tower_31-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tower_31-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tower_31-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tower_31-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Later made <a href="/wiki/Constable_of_the_Tower_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Constable of the Tower of London">Constable of the Tower of London</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal<br />Armoured Corps</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_The_Queen%27s_Dragoon_Guards" title="1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards">1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Scots Dragoon Guards">Royal Scots Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Dragoon Guards">Royal Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars" title="Queen's Royal Hussars">Queen's Royal Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Lancers" title="Royal Lancers">Royal Lancers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Hussars" title="King's Royal Hussars">King's Royal Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Dragoons" title="Light Dragoons">Light Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" 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id="Chiefs_of_the_army_by_country128" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Chiefs of the army by country</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (disambiguation)">Chief of Army Staff</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Algeria)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Algeria) (page does not exist)">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Angola)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Angola) (page does not exist)">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Benin)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Benin) (page does not exist)">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Botswana)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Botswana) (page does not exist)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Burkina_Faso)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Burkina Faso) (page does not exist)">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Burundi)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Burundi) (page does not exist)">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Cameroon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Cameroon) (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Cape_Verde)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Cape Verde) (page does not exist)">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Central_African_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Central African Republic) (page does not exist)">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Chad)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Chad) (page does not exist)">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Comoros)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Comoros) (page does not exist)">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(DR_Congo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (DR Congo) (page does not exist)">DR Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Republic_of_the_Congo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Republic of the Congo) (page does not exist)">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Djibouti)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Djibouti) (page does not exist)">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Egypt)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the General Staff (Egypt)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Equatorial_Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Equatorial Guinea) (page does not exist)">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Eritrea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Eritrea) (page does not exist)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Ethiopia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Ethiopia) (page does not exist)">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Gabon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Gabon) (page does not exist)">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Gambia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Gambia) (page does not exist)">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Ghana)" title="Chief of Army Staff (Ghana)">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Guinea) (page does not exist)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Guinea-Bissau)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Guinea-Bissau) (page does not exist)">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Ivory_Coast)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Ivory Coast) (page does not exist)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_Kenya_Army" title="Commander, Kenya Army">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Lesotho)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Lesotho) (page does not exist)">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Liberia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Liberia) (page does not exist)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Libya)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Libya) (page does not exist)">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Madagascar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Madagascar) (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Malawi)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Malawi) (page does not exist)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Mali)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Mali) (page does not exist)">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Mauritania)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Mauritania) (page does not exist)">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Morocco)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Morocco) (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Mozambique)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Mozambique) (page does not exist)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Namibia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Namibia) (page does not exist)">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Niger)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Niger) (page does not exist)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Nigeria)" title="Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria)">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Rwanda)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Rwanda) (page does not exist)">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (São Tomé and Príncipe) (page does not exist)">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Senegal)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Senegal)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Seychelles)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Seychelles) (page does not exist)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Sierra_Leone)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Sierra Leone) (page does not exist)">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Somalia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Somalia) (page does not exist)">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_military_chiefs#Chief_of_the_Army" title="List of South African military chiefs">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (South Sudan) (page does not exist)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Sudan) (page does not exist)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Swaziland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Swaziland) (page does not exist)">Swaziland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Tanzania)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Tanzania) (page does not exist)">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Togo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Togo) (page does not exist)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Tunisia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Tunisia) (page does not exist)">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Uganda)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Uganda) (page does not exist)">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Zambia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Zambia) (page does not exist)">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Zimbabwe)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Zimbabwe) (page does not exist)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Biafra)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Biafra) (page does not exist)">Biafra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Bophuthatswana)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Bophuthatswana) (page does not exist)">Bophuthatswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Ciskei)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Ciskei) (page does not exist)">Ciskei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirdar" title="Sirdar">British Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Ethiopian_Empire)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Ethiopian Empire) (page does not exist)">Ethiopian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Zimbabwe)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Zimbabwe) (page does not exist)">Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Transkei)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Transkei) (page does not exist)">Transkei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Venda)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Venda) (page does not exist)">Venda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(DR_Congo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (DR Congo) (page does not exist)">Zaire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Antigua_and_Barbuda)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Antigua and Barbuda) (page does not exist)">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chiefs_of_the_general_staff_of_the_Argentine_Army" title="List of chiefs of the general staff of the Argentine Army">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Bahamas)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Bahamas) (page does not exist)">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Barbados)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Barbados) (page does not exist)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Belize)" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Belize)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Bolivia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Bolivia) (page does not exist)">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_High_Command" title="Army High Command">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Canadian_Army" title="Commander of the Canadian Army">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Chilean_Army" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Chilean Army">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Colombia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Colombia) (page does not exist)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Cuba)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Cuba) (page does not exist)">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Dominican_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Dominican Republic) (page does not exist)">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Ecuador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Ecuador) (page does not exist)">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(El_Salvador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (El Salvador) (page does not exist)">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Guatemala)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Guatemala) (page does not exist)">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Guyana)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Guyana) (page does not exist)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Haiti)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Haiti) (page does not exist)">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Honduras)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Honduras) (page does not exist)">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Jamaica)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Jamaica) (page does not exist)">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Army_(Mexico)" title="Commander of the Army (Mexico)">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Nicaraguan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Nicaraguan) (page does not exist)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Paraguay)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Paraguay) (page does not exist)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Commander_of_the_Peruvian_Army" title="General Commander of the Peruvian Army">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Saint Kitts and Nevis) (page does not exist)">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Suriname)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Suriname) (page does not exist)">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Trinidad and Tobago) (page does not exist)">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Army_(Uruguay)#List_of_Commanders_in_Chief_of_the_Army_(1973_-_Present)" title="National Army (Uruguay)">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Venezuela)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Venezuela) (page does not exist)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_in_Chief_of_the_Armies_of_the_Confederate_States" title="General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States">Confederate States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Abkhazia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Abkhazia) (page does not exist)">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Afghanistan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Afghanistan) (page does not exist)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Armenia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Armenia) (page does not exist)">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Land_Forces_(Azerbaijan)" title="Commander of the Land Forces (Azerbaijan)">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Bahrain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Bahrain) (page does not exist)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Bangladesh)" title="Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Bhutan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Bhutan) (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Brunei)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Brunei) (page does not exist)">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Royal_Cambodian_Army&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Royal Cambodian Army (page does not exist)">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army_Ground_Force" title="Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force">China</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(East_Timor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (East Timor) (page does not exist)">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Indonesian_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army">Indonesia</a></li> <li>Iran <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army_Ground_Forces#Commanders" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces">NEZAJA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Ground_Forces#Commanders" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces">NEZSA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Ground_Forces_Command" title="Iraqi Ground Forces Command">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOC_Army_Headquarters" title="GOC Army Headquarters">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Ground_Staff_(Japan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Ground Staff (Japan) (page does not exist)">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Jordan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Jordan) (page does not exist)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Ground_Forces_(Kazakhstan)" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces (Kazakhstan)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (North Korea) (page does not exist)">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kuwait)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kuwait)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Army_(Kyrgyzstan)" title="Commander of the Army (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Laos)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Laos) (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Lebanese_Ground_Forces_(Lebanon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Lebanese Ground Forces (Lebanon) (page does not exist)">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_(Malaysia)" title="Chief of Army (Malaysia)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Maldives)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Maldives) (page does not exist)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a 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exist)">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Democratic Kampuchea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army_General_Staff_Office" title="Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office">Imperial Japan</a></li> <li>Mengjiang</li> <li>Manchukuo</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(South_Vietnam)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (South Vietnam) (page does not exist)">South Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" 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