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List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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]
Sir Charles Richard Stickland		Chief of Joint Operations	KCB, OBE	15 November 2021	^[5]

Major-Generals[edit]

Name	Appointment	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
James Andrew John Morris (for retirement)	Joint Expeditionary Force	CB, DSO	1 April 2019	^[6]
Paul P. Lynch	Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence, NATO	MC	7 August 2023	^[7]
Duncan G. Forbes	Director of Strategy and Policy and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff		11 March 2024	^[8]
Daniel Blanchford		CBE	29 April 2024	^[9]
Richard John Cantrill	Commander Operations	OBE, MC	6 May 2024	^[9]
Philip Mark Totten		CBE	28 May 2024	^[9]
Anthony R. Turner	Deputy Commandant General		17 June 2024	^[9]

Brigadiers[edit]

Name	Appointment	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Matthew F. Pierson		CBE	24 July 2017	^[10]
Matthew J.A. Jackson	Director, Joint Services Command and Staff College	DSO	11 December 2018	^[11]
Michael John Tanner	Naval Base Commander (Devonport)	OBE	20 February 2020	^[12]
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	^[13]
Neil Sutherland	Deputy Commandant-General Royal Marines Chief of Staff, Navy Command HQ	MBE, ADC	7 June 2022	^[14]
Paul Andrew Maynard	Chief Joint Force Operations	OBE	11 July 2022	^[15]
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	Deputy Director J5 Plans, US Central Command		19 June 2023	^[16]
Christopher E. Haw		MC	25 September 2023	^[17]
Richard C. Morris		OBE	27 September 2023	^[18]
Benjamin E. Halsted		MBE	20 October 2023	^[19]
James A. Dennis			6 November 2023	^[20]
Jonathan J. Sear			6 April 2024	^[9]
Jamie M. Norman		DSO, OBE	29 April 2024	^[9]
Graeme W. Fraser	Naval Regional Commander Wales and Western England	MBE, ADC		^[21]
Andrew R. Muddiman	Naval Regional Commander Scotland and Northern Ireland			^[22]

References[edit]

^ "ADMIRALS: NOVEMBER 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2020.

^ "No. 63889". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 November 2022. p. 22839.

^ "No. 63818". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 September 2022. p. 17754.

^ "No. 62915". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 February 2020. p. 2442.

^ "No. 63567". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2021. p. 23681.

^ "No. 62610". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 April 2019. p. 6430.

^ "No. 64150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 August 2023. p. 16782.

^ "No. 64369". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 April 2024. p. 7490.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "No. 64441". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 June 2024. p. 12238.

^ "No. 62062". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 September 2017. p. 17880.

^ "No. 62558". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 February 2019. p. 2354.

^ "No. 62968". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 April 2020. p. 7122.

^ "No. 63634". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 March 2022. p. 4246.

^ "No. 63793". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 August 2022. p. 16014.

^ "No. 63848". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 October 2022. p. 19790.

^ "No. 64162". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 September 2023. p. 17678.

^ "No. 64228". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 2023. p. 22870.

^ "No. 64228". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 2023. p. 22871.

^ "No. 64253". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 December 2023. p. 25082.

^ "No. 64295". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 January 2024. p. 1278.

^ "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

^ "New Royal Navy Regional Commander installed in ceremony in Fife". Fife Today. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

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