List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines

This is a list of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines. It includes currently serving Royal Marine generals, lieutenant-generals, major-generals and brigadiers.[1]

Generals

Name Photo Appointment Decorations Date of promotion Ref
Gwyn S.G. Jenkins
Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff
Commandant General Royal Marines[2]		 CB, OBE, ADC 30 August 2022 [3]

Lieutenant-Generals

Name Photo Appointment Decorations Date of promotion Ref
Sir Robert Andrew Magowan
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability) KCB, CBE 22 January 2020 [4]
Charles Richard Stickland
Chief of Joint Operations CB, OBE 15 November 2021 [5]

Major-Generals

Name Photo Appointment Decorations Date of promotion Ref
James Andrew John Morris Commander, Standing Joint Force CB, DSO 1 April 2019 [6]
Paul P. Lynch MC 7 August 2023 [7]

Brigadiers

Name Photo Appointment Decorations Date of promotion Ref
Matthew F. Pierson
CBE 24 July 2017 [8]
Matthew J.A. Jackson
Assistant Commandant (Maritime), Joint Services Command and Staff College DSO 11 December 2018 [9]
Daniel Blanchford Head of Commitments and Crises, Ministry of Defence CBE 12 August 2019 [10]
Michael John Tanner
Naval Base Commander (Devonport) OBE 20 February 2020 [11]
Richard John Cantrill
Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Permanent Joint Headquarters OBE, MC 2 September 2020 [12]
Anthony R. Turner
September 2020 [13]
Alan Litster MBE 9 September 2020
Nicholas S.C. Venn 12 April 2021 [14]
Duncan G. Forbes
Commander, 3 Commando Brigade 4 May 2021 [14]
Philip Mark Totten OBE 14 June 2021 [15]
Niki Richard Dalgliesh Cavill
MBE 16 August 2021 [15]
Sean P. Brady Deputy Director of Shipbuilding Programmes, Navy Command
Senior Responsible Owner, Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship
Senior Responsible Owner, Multi Role Support Ships
Senior Responsible Owner, Type 32 frigates		 10 November 2021 [16]
Neil Sutherland
Deputy Commandant-General Royal Marines
Chief of Staff, Navy Command HQ		 MBE, ADC 7 June 2022 [17]
Paul Andrew Maynard
Chief Joint Force Operations OBE 11 July 2022 [18]
James Fraser Roylance Chief Technology Officer, Navy Command July 2022
Derek P. Stafford Head of Operating Assurance, Military Aviation Authority October 2022
Andrew P. L. Watkins 19 June 2023 [19]
Christopher E. Haw MC 25 September 2023 [20]
Richard C. Morris OBE 27 September 2023 [21]
Benjamin E. Halsted MBE 20 October 2023 [22]
Graeme W. Fraser
Naval Regional Commander Wales and Western England MBE, ADC [23]
Andrew R. Muddiman
Naval Regional Commander Scotland and Northern Ireland [24]

See also

References

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  15. ^ a b "No. 63503". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 October 2021. p. 18463.
  16. ^ "No. 63634". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 March 2022. p. 4246.
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  18. ^ "No. 63848". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 October 2022. p. 19790.
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  22. ^ "No. 64253". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 December 2023. p. 25082.
  23. ^ "The Navy Directory 2019" (PDF). royalnavy.mod.uk. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020. 1* Naval Regional Commander Wales & Western England (NRC WWE) Brigadier G W Fraser MBE
  24. ^ "New Royal Navy Regional Commander installed in ceremony in Fife". Fife Today. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.