Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff
The Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (ACDS) is a senior British military officer. There are a number of ACDS appointments and they are held by officers of two-star rank (rear admiral, air vice-marshal, or major general). They work in the Ministry of Defence.
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Health)
The ACDS(H) reports to the Surgeon General.
- Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis (2008–2011)
- Major General Jeremy Rowan (2011–2014)
- Surgeon Rear Admiral Alasdair Walker (2014–2015)
- Major General Martin Bricknell (2015–2018)
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability & Force Design)
- Air Vice-Marshal Graeme A. Robertson (1994–1996)
- Rear-Admiral Nigel R. Essenhigh (1996–1998)
- Major-General John P. Kiszely (1998–2001)
- Rear-Admiral Rory A.I. McLean (2001–2004)
- Rear-Admiral Timothy J.H. Laurence (2004–2007)
- Air Vice-Marshal Kevin J. Leeson (2007–2009)
- Rear-Admiral Alan D. Richards (2009–2011)
- Major-General Mark Poffley (2011–2014)
- Rear Admiral Tim Fraser (2014–2017)
- Air Vice-Marshal Richard Knighton (2017–2018)
- Major-General Robert Magowan (2018–2020)
- Rear Admiral Hugh Beard (2020–2022)
- Major-General David Eastman (2022–2024)[1]
- Air Vice-Marshal Tim Jones (2024–present)
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy) later, Defence Engagement
- Major-General Alexander J.S. Storrie (2011–2013)
- Rear-Admiral Simon J. Ancona (2013–2017)
- Major-General Giles P. Hill (2017–2019)
- Major-General Stephen McMahon (2019–2020)
- Air Vice-Marshal Alastair P.T. Smith (2020–2022)[2]
- Major General Julian Buczacki (2022-present) (retiring in 2025)
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Intelligence Capability)
The ACDS(IC) reports to the Chief of Defence Intelligence.
- Major General Jerry Thomas (2009–2012)[3]
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments)/(Operations, now Operations & Commitments)
- Rear Admiral David Brown (1980–1982)
- Air Vice-Marshal Clive Loader (2002–2004)
- Major General Nick Houghton (2004–2005)
- Major General Chris Nickols (2005–2008)
- Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Pulford (2008–2010)
- Major General David Capewell (2010–2011)
- Air Vice-Marshal Bob Judson (2011–2013)
- Major General Patrick Sanders (2013–2015)
- Air Vice-Marshal Edward Stringer (2015–2017)
- Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Turner (2017–2019)
- Major General Charles Stickland (2019–2021)[4]
- Air Vice-Marshal Allan Marshall (2021–2024)[5]
- Rear Admiral Steve Moorhouse (2024-present)
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel Capability)
Since 1992, the Defence Services Secretary has usually holds the appointment of ACDS(P) as a secondary role.
- Major General Brian Pennicott (1992–1994)
- Air Vice-Marshal Peter John Harding (1994–1998)
- Rear Admiral Rodney Lees (1998–2001)
- Major General Christopher Elliot (2001–2004)
- Air Vice-Marshal David Pocock (2004–2005)
- Rear Admiral Peter Wilkinson (2005–2007)
- Major General Matthew Sykes (2009–2010)
- Air Vice-Marshal David Murray (2010–2012)
- Rear Admiral Simon Williams (2012–2015)
- Major General Richard Nugee (2015–2016)
- Air Vice-Marshal Garry Tunnicliffe (2016–2019)
- Rear-Admiral James Macleod (2019–2022)
- Rear-Admiral Philip Hally (2022–2023)
- Major General Eldon Millar (2023–2024)
- Major General Lisa Keetley (2024–present)
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Policy)
- Air Vice-Marshal John Gingell (1975–1978)
- Rear Admiral Jock Slater (1985–1987)
- Air Vice-Marshal Eric Macey (1987–1989)
- Air Vice-Marshal John Willis (1989–1990)
- Rear Admiral Jonathan Tod (1990–1994)
- Air Vice-Marshal David Henderson (1994–1995)
- Air Vice-Marshal Joe French (1995–1997)
- Major General Christopher Drewry (1997–2000)
- Major General John Reith (2000–2001)
- Air Vice-Marshal David Hobart (2001–2004)[6]
- Major General Andrew Stewart (2004–2006)
- Rear Admiral Alan Richards (2006–2009)
- Major General Jonathan Shaw (2009–2012)
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets)
The ACDS(R&C) is the senior reservist of the British Armed Forces. They are responsible for tri-service policy relating to the reserves and cadet forces. The appointment was created in 2004.
- Major General Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (2004–2007)[7]
- Major General Simon Lalor (2007–2010)[8]
- Major General Greg Smith (2010–2013)[9]
- Major General John Crackett (2013–2016)[10]
- Major General Ranald Munro (2016–2019)
- Major General Simon Brooks-Ward (2019–2022)[11]
- Major General Marc Overton (2022–present)[12]
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Nuclear, Chemical, Biological)
- Rear Admiral John Gower (2011-2014)[13][14]
References
- ^ "Defence Committee: Oral evidence: The US, UK and NATO, HC 184". House of Commons. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "No. 63170". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 November 2020. p. 19047.
- ^ "Major General (Retd) Jerry Thomas". Strategy and Security Institute. University of Exeter. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Appointments" (PDF). Strategy and Security Institute. www.gulabin.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Senior Appointments: 2021". Royal Air Force. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Hobart, David Anthony. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U44422. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Duke of Westminster and the Royal Armoured Corps". Royal Armoured Corps News. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "No. 58264". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 March 2007. p. 3233.
- ^ "No. 59378". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 2010. p. 5527.
- ^ "No. 60463". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 April 2013. p. 6324.
- ^ "Army Reserve Regional RD Staff Appointments 2019". army.mod.uk. British Army. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
ACDS (Reserves & Cadets) Maj Gen Simon Brooks-Ward is looking to appoint a suitably qualified officer as his ADC.
- ^ "No. 63734". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 June 2022. p. 11655.
- ^ "John Gower (1960-2024)". European Leadership Network.
- ^ "Release of information" (PDF). Ministry of Defense Navy Command Headquarters. October 13, 2014.
External links
- Mackie, Colin (November 2015). "Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Senior Appointments" (PDF). gulabin.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.