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|| [[Sharon Nesmith|Dame Sharon Patricia Moffat Nesmith]] || [[File:Lieutenant General Sharon Nesmith (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center" | [[Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Vice Chief of the Defence Staff]] || align="center" | [[Royal Signals]] ||DCB || align="center" | 10 June 2024 || <ref name="16 July 2024">{{London Gazette |issue=64459|date=16 July 2024|page=13738|supp= y}}</ref>
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|| [[Roland Walker|Sir Charles Roland Vincent Walker]] || [[File: Roland Walker.png|100px|center]] || align="center"| [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] || align="center"| [[IrishGrenadier Guards]] <br /> [[The Rifles]] <br /> [[Special Air Service]]|| [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] || align="center"| 15 June 2024|| <ref name=LG64435>{{London Gazette|issue=64435|date=18 June 2024|page=11742|supp=y}}</ref>
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UK National Military Representative to the European Union <ref>{{Cite web |last=NATO |title=Lieutenant General Ian Cave CB, United Kingdom Military Representative |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_174926.htm |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=NATO |language=en}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[Queen's Lancashire Regiment]]<br />[[Cheshire Regiment]] <br /> [[Mercian Regiment]] || KCB || align="center"| 11 June 2021 || <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63386|date=15 June 2021|page=10561|supp=y}}</ref>
 
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|| [[Andrew Harrison (British army officer)|Andrew Sean David Harrison]] || [[File:Lieutenant General Andrew Harrison, UNC official portrait.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center" | || align="center" | [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] || DSO, MBE || align="center"| 15 December 2021 || <ref name="4 January 2021">{{London Gazette|issue=63576|date=4 January 2021|page=23984|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| [[Thomas Copinger-Symes|Thomas Richardson Copinger-Symes]] || [[File:Major General Thomas Copinger-Symes.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Deputy Commander, Strategic Command || align="center"| Royal Green Jackets <br /> The Rifles || CBE || align="center"| 18 May 2022 || <ref name="5 July 2022">{{London Gazette |issue=63748|date=5 July 2022|page=12630|supp= y}}</ref>
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|| [[Charles Collins (British Army officer)|Charles Seymour Collins]] || [[File:Jean Laurentin and Charlie Collins (Collins cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Commander, [[Home Command (British Army)|Home Command]] <br /> Standing Joint Commander (United Kingdom) || align="center"| Royal Green Jackets <br /> The Rifles || DSO, OBE || align="center"| 4 September 2023 || <ref name=LG64162>{{London Gazette |issue=64162 |date=5 September 2023 |page=17681 |supp=y }}</ref>
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|| [[David Eastman (British Army officer)|David James Eastman]] || [[File:Major General David Eastman (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| [[Deputy Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Deputy Chief of the General Staff]] || align="center" | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers || MBE || align="center"| 11 June 2024 || <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62921|date=18 February 2020|page=2967|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| [[Mike Elviss|Michael Richard Elviss]] || [[File:Michael R. Elviss (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Commander Field Army || align="center"| Royal Artillery || CB, MBE, QCVS (x2) || align="center"| March 2024 || <ref>{{cite web |title=Commander Field Army: Lieutenant General M R Elviss CB MBE |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-people/senior-leaders/commander-field-army/ |website=army.mod.uk |publisher=British Army |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>
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|| [[Colin Weir|Colin Richard James Weir]] || [[File:Major General Colin Weir.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center" | || align="center" | [[Royal Irish Rangers]] <br /> [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]] || DSO, MBE || align="center" | 19 November 2018 || <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62472|date=20 November 2018|page=21011|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| Jeremy M. J. Bennett || [[File:Bath Guildhall welcome new Army Reserve battalion (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Deputy Commander, [[NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy]] || align="center"| Royal Artillery || || align="center"| 7 December 2018 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62492 |date=11 December 2018 |page=22470 |supp= y}}</ref>
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|| [[Green Howards]] <br /> [[Yorkshire Regiment]] || CB, QCVS || align="center"| 3 May 2019 || <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62642|date=14 May 2019|page=8583|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| [[Gerald Strickland (British Army officer)|Gerald Mark Strickland]] || [[File:Major General Gerald Strickland.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Senior British Loan Service Officer (Oman)|| align="center" | [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles]]<br />[[Royal Gurkha Rifles]] || DSO, MBE || align="center"| 6 May 2019 || <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62635|date=7 May 2019|page=8120|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| [[Alastair Bruce of Crionaich|Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce]] || [[File:Alastair Bruce (Edinburgh Castle) 2019.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| [[List of Governors of Edinburgh Castle|Governor of Edinburgh Castle]] || align="center"| [[Scots Guards]] || OBE, VR, DL || align="center"| 24 June 2019 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62700 |date=2 July 2019 |page=11670 |supp= y}}</ref>
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|| John Robert Mead || [[File:Brigadier John Mead.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), [[Allied Joint Force Command Naples|Joint Force Command Naples]] || align="center"| Royal Artillery ||CB, OBE || align="center"| 28 August 2019 || <ref name="ReferenceD">{{London Gazette |issue=62784 |date=1 October 2019 |page=17508 |supp= y}}</ref>
 
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|| Robin J. Anderton-Brown || [[File:Major General Robin J. Anderton-Brown.png|100px|center]] || align="center"| Director of Capability, UK Strategic Command|| align="center" | Royal Signals || || align="center"| 14 September 2020 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63119 |date=22 September 2020 |page=15950 |supp= y}}</ref>
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|| Simon John Malise Graham || [[File:Major General Simon Graham.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Director of Reserves, Army Headquarters|| align="center" | [[Queen's Own Yeomanry]] <br /> King's Royal Hussars
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|| [[Paul Griffiths (British Army officer)|Paul R. Griffiths]] || [[File:Major General Paul Griffiths (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Assistant Chief of the General Staff|| align="center" | Royal Signals || CB|| align="center" | 11 January 2021 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63274|date=23 February 2021|page=3053|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| [[Nick Perry (British Army officer)|Nicholas Charles Laybourne Perry]] || [[File:Paras compete in poignant competition (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| || align="center"| [[Royal Hussars]] <br/> [[King's Royal Hussars]] || DSO, MBE || align="center"| 5 March 2021 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63286|date=9 March 2021|page=4353|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| Neil B. Thorpe || || align="center"| || align="center"| Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers || CBE || align="center"| 19 April 2021 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63344|date=11 May 2021|page=8434|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| Michael R. Keating || [[File:Major General Michael R. Keating.png|100px|center]] || align="center"| Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps || align="center"| Army Air Corps || CBE || align="center"| 14 May 2021 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63351|date=18 May 2021|page=8881|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| [[Timothy Hodgetts|Timothy John Hodgetts]] || [[File:AFPS visit to Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (Timothy Hodgetts cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| [[Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces]] || align="center"| [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] || CBE, QHS, DL || align="center"| 21 May 2021 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63358|date=25 May 2021|page=9308|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| [[James Martin (British Army officer)|James Rowland Martin]] || [[File:Matthew Brown and James Martin (Martin cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| General Officer Commanding, [[3rd (United Kingdom) Division]] || align="center"| [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]] || DSO, OBE, MC || align="center"| 18 October 2021 || <ref name="19 October 2021">{{London Gazette |issue=63503|date=19 October 2021|page=18463|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| Richard M. Clements || [[File:Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Harrington and Col. Richard Clements (Clements cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Director of Basing and Infrastructure, Army Command || align="center"| Royal Artillery || CBE || align="center"| 17 November 2021 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63536|date=23 November 2021|page=21083|supply}}</ref>
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|| Mark Pullan || [[File:Brigadier Mark Pullan presenting an Operation TOSCA Medal (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), [[Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum|Joint Force Command Brunssum]] || align="center"| Royal Artillery || CBE || align="center"| 12 September 2022 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 63817|date=20 September 2022 | |page=17746| |supp=y }}</ref>
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|| [[Tom Bateman (British Army officer)|Thomas Julian Bateman]] || [[File:British Army Maj. Gen. Tom Bateman, commanding general, 1st (UK) Division (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Standing Joint Force Commander|| align="center" | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards <br/> Royal Dragoon Guards || CBE || align="center"| 16 September 2022 || <ref name=LG63833>{{London Gazette |issue= 63833|date=4 October 2022 | |page=18744| |supp=y }}</ref>
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|| Anna-Lee Reilly || [[File:New £55 million pound contract for Harris T7 bomb disposal robots (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Director of Operations, Defence Equipment and Support|| align="center"| Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers || CB || align="center"| 29 November 2022 || <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63932|page=292|supp=y|date=10 January 2023}}</ref>
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|| [[Paul Tedman|Paul T. Tedman]] || [[File:Brigadier Paul Tedman (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Commander [[United Kingdom Space Command]] || align="center"| Army Air Corps || CBE || align="center"| 12 May 2024 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=64395|date=14 May 2024|page=9339|supp= y}}</ref>
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|| [[Oliver Brown|Oliver Charles Christopher Brown]] || [[File:Brigadier Oliver Brown.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Commander of the [[3rd (United Kingdom) Division]] || align="center"| [[Royal Anglian Regiment]] ||
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|| Alastair Buchanan Veitch || || align="center"| UK Defence Attaché to France<br/>Head of British Defence Staff in France || align="center"| Royal Engineers || || align="center"| 31 December 2018 || <ref name="end 2018"/>
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|| OliverJoseph Charles Christopher BrownButterfill || [[File:Brigadier Oliver Brown.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Assistant[[Royal ChiefCollege of StaffDefence (Operations), Field ArmyStudies]] || align="center"| Royal Anglian Regiment of Fusiliers || MC || align="center"| 30 June 2019 || <ref name="a2019">{{London Gazette|issue=62700|date=2 July 2019|page=11670|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| Joseph Butterfill || || align="center"| [[Royal College of Defence Studies]] || align="center"| Royal Regiment of Fusiliers || MC || align="center"| 30 June 2019 || <ref name="a2019"/>
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|| John L. Clark || [[File:Brigadier John Clark.jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Royal College of Defence Studies || align="center"| Royal Engineers || CBE || align="center"| 30 June 2019 || <ref name="a2019"/>
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|| Anthony Peter Finn || || align="center"| Senior Health Adviser, Army Command || align="center"| Royal Army Medical Corps || || align="center"| 30 June 2019 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 62762 |date=10 September 2019 | |page=16147 |supp=y }}</ref>
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|| Marcus J. Mudd || || align="center"| Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Permanent Joint Headquarters || align="center"| Queen’s Royal Lancers <br/> Royal Lancers || CBE, DSO || align="center"| 30 June 2021 || <ref name="7 September 2021">{{London Gazette |issue=63464|date=7 September 2021|page=15744|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| David J. Bickers || || align="center"| Head of Strategy, Army Command || align="center"| Royal Engineers || MBE || align="center"| 31 December 2021 || <ref name="4 January 2021">{{London Gazette|issue=63576|date=4 January 2021|page=23984|supp=y}}</ref>
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|| Michael D. Cornwell || || align="center"| Head of Future Force Development, Army Command || align="center"| Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment || OBE || align="center"| 31 December 2021 || <ref name="4 January 2021"/>
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|| Matthew Joseph Petersen || || align="center"| Deputy Commander (Reserves), 6th (United Kingdom) Division || align="center"| Parachute Regiment<br />[[Royal Welsh Regiment]]<br />Royal Welsh || VR || align="center"| 1 March 2022 || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 63628|date= 1 March 2022|page= 3727|supp= y}}</ref>
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|| Gillian Heather Wilkinson || || align="center"| Deputy Military Secretary (Reserves) || align="center"| Army Reserve<br/>Royal Logistic Corps || QVRM || align="center" | 28 April 2022||<ref name=LG64259>{{London Gazette|issue= 64259|supp=y|page=25678|date=19 December 2023}}</ref>
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|| Adam Fraser-Hitchen || || align="center"| Head of Personnel (Reserves), Army Command || align="center"| Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers || || align="center"| 2 May 2022 || <ref name="3 May 2022">{{London Gazette |issue= 63685|date= 3 May 2022 |page=8325 |supp=y }}</ref>
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|| Julian Anthony Paul Ladd || || align="center"| Deputy Director Land Warfare|| align="center" | Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment || TD, VR || align="center"| 1 July 2022 || <ref name="5 July 2022"/>
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|| J. Owen M. Lyttle|| [[File:Brigadier Lyttle, brigade commander at the reformation parade of 19th Brigade (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] || align="center"| Commander, [[19th Brigade (United Kingdom)|19th Brigade]] || align="center"| Royal Irish Regiment<br/>[[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Army Reserve]] || MBE, TD, VR || align="center" |4 July 2022 || <ref name=LG64265>{{London Gazette|issue=64265|page=26132|supp=y|date=27 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Brigade reforms at Yorkshire barracks |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/07/19th-brigade-reform-in-york/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.army.mod.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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|| C. J. Ledsham|| || align="center"| || align="center"| [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Army Reserve]] || TD || align="center" |17 October 2022 || <ref name=LG64265 />
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|| E. G. R. Cartwright|| || align="center"| || align="center"|Parachute Regiment || OBE || align="center" |30 June 2024 ||
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|| D. C. Close|| || align="center"| || align="center"|Royal Regiment of Scotland || || align="center" |30 June 2024 ||
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|| S. G. Cooke|| || align="center"| || align="center"| The Royal Logistics Corps|| || align="center" |30 June 2024 ||
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|| C. L. Coton|| || align="center"| || align="center"| Royal Regiment of Artillery|| || align="center" |30 June 2024 ||
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|| A. N. B. Foden|| || align="center"| || align="center"|The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth′s Own) || DSO MBE|| align="center" |30 June 2024 ||
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|| M. G. T. Lewis|| || align="center"| || align="center"| Royal Irish Regiment|| OBE || align="center" |30 June 2024 ||
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|| N. Serle|| || align="center"| Head of Military Capability Delivery || align="center"| Duke of Lancaster′s Regiment|| || align="center" |30 June 2024 ||
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|| A. D. Watson|| || align="center"| || align="center"| Royal Regiment of Scotland || OBE || align="center" |30 June 2024 ||
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