The
Adjutant-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the
Adjutant-General (
AG), is one of the most senior officers in the
British ArmyThe British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England and Scotland and...
. He is in charge of administration, personnel and organisational matters. The Adjutant-General usually holds the rank of
GeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
or Lieutenant-General. Despite his administrative role, the Adjutant-General, like most officers above the rank of Major-General, is invariably drawn from one of the combat arms, not from the support
corpsA Corps is either a large formation, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service...
.
Headquarters Adjutant-General is at the former
RAF UpavonThe former Royal Air Force Station Upavon, more commonly known as RAF Upavon, was a grass airfield, military flight training school, and administrative headquarters of the Royal Air Force....
, now Trenchard Lines,
UpavonUpavon is a rural village in the English County of Wiltshire, England. As its name suggests, it is on the upper portions of the River Avon which runs from the north to the south through the village. It is situated about south of Pewsey, about southeast of the market town of Devizes, and about ...
,
WiltshireWiltshire is a ceremonial county in the south west of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers 3,485 km²...
, and will soon be amalgamated with Headquarters
Land CommandLand Command was a military command and part of the structure of the modern British Army. It was active from 1 April 1995 to 1 April 2008. After that date, HQ Land, with elements of HQ Adjutant-General, became HQ Land Forces....
.
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The
Adjutant-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the
Adjutant-General (
AG), is one of the most senior officers in the
British ArmyThe British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England and Scotland and...
. He is in charge of administration, personnel and organisational matters. The Adjutant-General usually holds the rank of
GeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
or Lieutenant-General. Despite his administrative role, the Adjutant-General, like most officers above the rank of Major-General, is invariably drawn from one of the combat arms, not from the support
corpsA Corps is either a large formation, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service...
.
Headquarters Adjutant-General is at the former
RAF UpavonThe former Royal Air Force Station Upavon, more commonly known as RAF Upavon, was a grass airfield, military flight training school, and administrative headquarters of the Royal Air Force....
, now Trenchard Lines,
UpavonUpavon is a rural village in the English County of Wiltshire, England. As its name suggests, it is on the upper portions of the River Avon which runs from the north to the south through the village. It is situated about south of Pewsey, about southeast of the market town of Devizes, and about ...
,
WiltshireWiltshire is a ceremonial county in the south west of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers 3,485 km²...
, and will soon be amalgamated with Headquarters
Land CommandLand Command was a military command and part of the structure of the modern British Army. It was active from 1 April 1995 to 1 April 2008. After that date, HQ Land, with elements of HQ Adjutant-General, became HQ Land Forces....
. The two headquarters are to move, probably to the premises at
AndoverAndover is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is situated on the River Anton some 18.5 miles west of the town of Basingstoke, 18.5 miles north-west of the city of Winchester and 25 miles north of the city of Southampton...
which the
Defence Logistics OrganisationThe Defence Logistics Organisation , was a key element of the UK Ministry of Defence, responsible for supporting the armed forces throughout the various stages of an operation or exercise; from training, deployment, in-theatre training and conduct of operations, through to recovery and recuperation...
will vacate, and amalgamate by 2008/2009. Headquarters Adjutant-General ceased to exist on 1 April 2008, and it is now known as HQ LF (Headquarters Land Forces)
Holders of the post since World War II
- 1939 to 1940 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Robert Gordon-FinlaysonGeneral Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson KCB CMG DSO was Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Miliary career:Finlayson entered the British Army from the Suffolk Militia and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery. He served during the First World War initially as a Royal Artillery officer with 7th...
- 1940 to 1941 Lieutenant-General Colville Wemyss
General Sir Henry Colville Barclay Wemyss KCB KBE DSO MC was Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Colville Wemyss was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1910. He served in the First World War, being awarded the DSO and MC. In 1920 he transferred to the newly formed Royal Corps of...
- 1941 to 1946 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Ronald AdamGeneral Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet, GCB, DSO, OBE was a British Army officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II...
- 1946 to 1947 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Richard O'ConnorGeneral Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor KT, GCB, DSO & Bar, MC, ADC was a British Army general who commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of World War II...
- 1947 to 1950 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
James SteeleGeneral Sir James Stuart Steele GCB KBE DSO MC LLD was Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Born in Ballycarry, County Antrim and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and at Queen's University, Belfast, James Steele was gazetted as a temporary second lieutenant in the...
- 1950 to 1953 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
John CrockerGeneral Sir John Tredinnick Crocker GCB, KBE, DSO, MC was a British Army officer and corps commander during the Second World War.- First World War :...
- 1953 to 1956 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Cameron NicholsonGeneral General Sir Cameron Gordon Graham Nicholson GCB KBE DSO & Bar MC is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Cameron Nicholson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1915...
- 1956 to 1959 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Charles LoewenGeneral Sir Charles Falkland Loewen GCB, KBE, DSO was a Canadian born and educated soldier who became Adjutant-General to the Forces in the United Kingdom.-Miliary career:...
- 1959 to 1960 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Hugh StockwellGeneral Sir Hugh Charles Stockwell GCB, KBE, DSO & Bar was a British soldier, most remembered for commanding the Anglo-French ground forces during the Suez Crisis and his service as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1960 to 1964.-Early life:Stockwell was born in Jersey, but spent...
- 1960 to 1963 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Richard GoodbodyGeneral Sir Richard Wakefield Goodbody GCB KBE DSO was a senior British Army officer and a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
- 1963 to 1964 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
James Cassels
- 1964 to 1967 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Reginald HewetsonGeneral Sir Reginald Hackett Hewetson GCB CBE DSO is a fomer Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
- 1967 to 1970 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Geoffrey MussonGeneral Sir Geoffrey Randolph Dixon Musson GCB CBE DSO was a senior British Army officer who became Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
- 1970 to 1973 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
John MoggGeneral Sir Herbert John Mogg GCB CBE DSO & Bar was a senior British Army officer who also held the NATO position of Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe ....
- 1973 to 1976 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Cecil BlackerGeneral Sir Cecil Hugh Blacker GCB OBE MC was a senior British Army officer and a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
- 1976 to 1978 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Jack HarmanGeneral Sir Jack Wentworth Harman GCB OBE MC is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Wellington College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Jack Harman was commissioned into the Queen's Bays in 1940. He served in the Second World War and was awarded the...
- 1979 to 1981 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Robert FordGeneral Sir Robert Cyril Ford GCB CBE is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Musgrave's College, Robert Ford was commissioned into the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards in 1943. He served in North West Europe during World War II and was mentioned in despatches...
- 1981 to 1984 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
George CooperGeneral Sir George Leslie Conroy Cooper GCB MC DL is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Cambridge, George Cooper was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1945. He joined the Bengal Sappers & Miners...
- 1984 to 1986 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Roland GuyGeneral Sir Roland Kelvin Guy GCB CBE DSO was a senior British Army officer who was Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
- 1986 to 1988 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
David MostynGeneral Sir Joseph David Frederick Mostyn KCB CBE is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
- 1988 to 1990 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Robert PascoeGeneral Sir Robert Alan Pascoe KCB MBE is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Army career:Robert Pascoe was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1952. He served with the 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets in the UK and Malaysia from 1964 to 1966 and was...
- 1991 to 1993 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
David RamsbothamGeneral David John Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham GCB CBE is a retired British Army officer, who later served as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons...
- 1993 to 1995 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Michael WilkesGeneral Sir Michael John Wilkes KCB CBE KStJ is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces in the United Kingdom.-Military career:Educated at the King's School, Rochester, Michael Wilkes was commissioned in to the Royal Artillery in 1961....
- 1995 to 1997 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Michael Rose
- 1997 to 2000 General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Alexander HarleyGeneral Sir Alexander George Hamilton Harley KBE CB is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces in the United Kingdom.-Military career:...
- 2000 to 2003 Lieutenant-General Sir
Sir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Timothy Granville-ChapmanGeneral Sir Timothy John Granville-Chapman, GBE, KCB, ADC Gen is a former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces...
- 2003 to 2005 Lieutenant-General Sir
Sir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Alistair IrwinGeneral Sir Alistair Stuart Hastings Irwin KCB CBE is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces in the United Kingdom.-Army career:Educated at St. Andrews University, Alistair Irwin joined The Black Watch Regiment in 1970. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1 Bn The Black Watch Regiment in 1985...
- 2005 to 2008 Lieutenant-General Sir
Sir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Freddie ViggersLieutenant General Sir Frederick Richard "Freddie" Viggers, KCB, CMG, MBE, DL is a former senior British Army officer, who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces immediately prior to his retirement 2008. He was then appointed the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, and took up that position on 30...
- 2008 to date Lieutenant-General Bill Rollo
Lieutenant General William Raoul Rollo CBE is the Adjutant-General to the Forces in the United Kingdom.-Military career:Bill Rollo was commissioned into the Blues and Royals in 1978...