Academy sergeant major
The academy sergeant major[1] is the senior non-commissioned officer instructor at a military academy.
British Army
At the British Army's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the academy sergeant major (AcSM)[Note 1] holds the rank of warrant officer class 1. Almost always held by a guardsman, it is one of the most senior warrant officer appointments in the British Army.
List of academy sergeant majors
| Photo | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrant Officer Class One JC LordMVO MBE | December 1960 | August 1963 | Grenadier Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One CH PhillipsMBE | August 1963 | December 1970 | Welsh Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One RP HugginsMBE | December 1970 | February 1980 | Grenadier Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One DP ClearyMBE | February 1980 | September 1987 | Irish Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One M Nesbitt | September 1987 | August 1993 | Grenadier Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One DL Cox | August 1993 | August 1994 | Grenadier Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One RH McCormack | September 1994 | April 1997 | Coldstream Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One AJ CrawfordMBE | May 1997 | April 2000 | Scots Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One R Convery | April 2000 | December 2002 | Scots Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One M Gaunt OBE | December 2002 | August 2005 | Grenadier Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Simon Nichols MBE | August 2005 | August 2007 | Irish Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One P.J Carr | August 2007 | April 2010 | Coldstream Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Ross Martin | April 2010 | December 2011 | Irish Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Andrew 'Vern' Stokes MVO MSM [2] | December 2011 | 2014 | Coldstream Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Glenn Haughton MSM (born 1972) | January 2014 | 2015 | Grenadier Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One D Macphee (born 1972) | April 2015 | April 2017 | Scots Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Carl Taylor | April 2017 | January 2021 | Welsh Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Andy Purcell | April 2017 | August 2021 | Irish Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Colin Kirkwood | August 2021 | April 2023 | Scots Guards | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Daniel Cope | April 2023 | Present | Welsh Guards | ||
Australian Defence Force
At the Australian Defence Force Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) also holds the rank of warrant officer class 1 or equivalent and is drawn on rotation from all three services.
Sri Lanka Army
At the Sri Lanka Military Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) is of the rank of warrant officer class I.
Notes
- ^ ASM in the British Army stands for artificer sergeant major, an appointment in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
References
- ^ Note that in the British Army, the plural is "academy sergeant majors" and not "academy sergeants major". "No. 48587". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 April 1981. p. 5671. "No. 25044". The London Gazette. 2 December 1881. p. 6467. The earliest usage of "sergeant majors" in The Times is in 1822. The last of the (very occasional) usages of "sergeants major", except when referring to American NCOs, is in 1938.
- ^ "WO1 (GSM) Andrew 'Vern' Stokes, Coldstream Guards". Trooping the Colour. Retrieved 7 July 2021.