List of field marshals of the British Army

Field Marshal has been the highest rank in the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

 since 1736. A five-star rank, it is equivalent to an Admiral of the Fleet

Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)

Admiral of the fleet is the highest rank of the British Royal Navy and other navies, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-10. The rank still exists in the Royal Navy but routine appointments ceased in 1996....

 in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 or a Marshal of the Royal Air Force

Marshal of the Royal Air Force

Marshal of the Royal Air Force is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff, and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff, who were promoted to it on their last day of service. Promotions to the rank have ceased...

, with different insignia: two crossed batons surrounded by yellow leaf. Like the other five-star officers in their respective services, field marshals remain officers of the British Army for life, though on half-pay when not in an appointment. The rank has been used sporadically throughout its history and was vacant through parts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. After the Second World War, it became standard practice to appoint the Chief of the Imperial General Staff

Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)

Chief of the General Staff has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964. The CGS is a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Army Board...

 (later renamed Chief of the General Staff) to the rank on their last day in the post. Army officers occupying the post of Chief of the Defence Staff

Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)

The Chief of the Defence Staff is the professional head of the British Armed Forces, a senior official within the Ministry of Defence, and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister...

, the professional head of all British armed forces, were usually promoted to the rank upon their appointment.

In total, 138 men have held the rank of field marshal, of which 105 were professional soldiers in the British Army and a further 11 spent their careers in the British Indian Army

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

, while 22 men were appointed to the rank without having served in either. Of those, four British monarchs—Edward VII

Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...

, George V

George V of the United Kingdom

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

, Edward VIII

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

 and George VI

George VI of the United Kingdom

George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

—appointed themselves to the rank on their coronations and two British consorts were appointed by their queens—Albert, Prince Consort and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....

 by Victoria and Elizabeth II respectively. The remainder were predominantly foreign monarchs and emperors, though two distinguished foreign military officers and one foreign statesman were also granted the rank.

A report commissioned by the Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....

 in 1995 made a number of recommendations for financial savings in the armed forces' budget, one of which was the abolition of the five-star ranks. Part of the rationale behind the recommendation was that the ranks of field marshal, admiral of the fleet and marshal of the Royal Air Force were disproportionate to the size of the forces commanded by these officers and that none of the United Kingdom's close allies, such as the United States (which reserves the rank of General of the Army

General of the Army (United States)

General of the Army is a five-star general officer and is the second highest possible rank in the United States Army. A special rank of General of the Armies, which ranks above General of the Army, does exist but has only been conferred twice in the history of the Army...

 for wartime), used such ranks. The recommendation was not taken up in full, but the convention of promoting service chiefs to five-star ranks was stopped and the ranks are now reserved for special circumstances. Lord Inge

Peter Inge, Baron Inge

Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1992 and 1994. He then served as Chief of the Defence Staff before retiring in 1997.-Army career:...

 was, in 1994, the last officer to be promoted to the rank. Inge relinquished the post of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in 1997 and his successor, Sir Charles Guthrie

Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank

General Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, was Chief of the Defence Staff between 1997 and 2001 and Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1994 and 1997.-Army career:...

, was the first officer not to be promoted upon appointment as CDS.

Professional soldiers

The vast majority of officers to hold the rank of field marshal were professional soldiers in the British Army, though 11 served as officers in the British Indian Army

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

. Between them, the 116 professional field marshals took part in over 320 engagements, covering almost every battle and campaign in which the British Army was engaged in the 250-year history of the rank. At least 57 field marshals were wounded in battle earlier in their careers, of whom 24 were wounded more than once, and eight had been prisoners of war. Fifteen future field marshals were present at the Battle of Vitoria

Battle of Vitoria

At the Battle of Vitoria an allied British, Portuguese, and Spanish army under General the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, leading to eventual victory in the Peninsular War.-Background:In July 1812, after...

, where the Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

 earned the rank, and 10 others served under Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...

.

Four field marshals—Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir George White, Earl Roberts

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who regarded himself as Anglo-Irish and one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century.-Early life:Born at Cawnpore, India, on...

 and Lord Gort

John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort

Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC , was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier. As a young officer in World War I he won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the...

—had previously received the Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

 (VC)—the United Kingdom's highest and most prestigious award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy". Wood, a famously injury-prone officer, was awarded the VC for two actions in 1858 in which he first attacked a group of rebels in India and later rescued an informant from another group of rebels. White, a cavalry officer, led two charges on enemy guns in Afghanistan in 1879, while Gort, of the Grenadier Guards

Grenadier Guards

The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...

, commanded a series of attacks while severely wounded during the First World War in 1918. Earl Roberts received his VC for actions during the Indian Mutiny.

Wellington, 44 at the time of his promotion, was the youngest officer to earn the rank of field marshal. Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda

Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda

Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda KP, PC was a British peer and military officer, styled Viscount Moore until 1758.-Military career:...

 was the oldest, promoted at the age of 91, while a further 23 officers were promoted to field marshal in their eighties. Wellington was also the only field marshal ever to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...

, though four others became cabinet ministers.

No professional officer has reached the rank of field marshal without having served in the cavalry

Cavalry regiments of the British Army

There are currently nine regular cavalry regiments of the British Army, with two tank regiments provided by the Royal Tank Regiment, traditionally classed alongside the cavalry, for a total of eleven regiments. Of these, five serve as armoured regiments, and five as formation reconnaissance...

, infantry

Infantry of the British Army

The British Army's Infantry, part of the Structure of the British Army, comprises 51 battalions of Infantry, from 19 Regiments. Of these 37 battalions are part of the 'Regular' army and the remaining 14 a part of the 'Territorial' force...

, Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Armoured Corps

The Royal Armoured Corps is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army...

, Royal Artillery

Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...

 or Royal Engineers

Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....

. Only one, Sir William Robertson, has held every rank in the British Army, from private soldier to field marshal.

Seniority	Name and style	Regiment	Image	Born	Died	Date of promotion
1	Field Marshal has been the highest rank in the British Army British Army The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...  since 1736. A five-star rank, it is equivalent to an Admiral of the Fleet Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy) Admiral of the fleet is the highest rank of the British Royal Navy and other navies, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-10. The rank still exists in the Royal Navy but routine appointments ceased in 1996....  in the Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...  or a Marshal of the Royal Air Force Marshal of the Royal Air Force Marshal of the Royal Air Force is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff, and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff, who were promoted to it on their last day of service. Promotions to the rank have ceased... , with different insignia: two crossed batons surrounded by yellow leaf. Like the other five-star officers in their respective services, field marshals remain officers of the British Army for life, though on half-pay when not in an appointment. The rank has been used sporadically throughout its history and was vacant through parts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. After the Second World War, it became standard practice to appoint the Chief of the Imperial General Staff Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) Chief of the General Staff has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964. The CGS is a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Army Board...  (later renamed Chief of the General Staff) to the rank on their last day in the post. Army officers occupying the post of Chief of the Defence Staff Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) The Chief of the Defence Staff is the professional head of the British Armed Forces, a senior official within the Ministry of Defence, and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister... , the professional head of all British armed forces, were usually promoted to the rank upon their appointment. In total, 138 men have held the rank of field marshal, of which 105 were professional soldiers in the British Army and a further 11 spent their careers in the British Indian Army British Indian Army The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947... , while 22 men were appointed to the rank without having served in either. Of those, four British monarchs—Edward VII Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910... , George V George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936.... , Edward VIII Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...  and George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death... —appointed themselves to the rank on their coronations and two British consorts were appointed by their queens—Albert, Prince Consort and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....  by Victoria and Elizabeth II respectively. The remainder were predominantly foreign monarchs and emperors, though two distinguished foreign military officers and one foreign statesman were also granted the rank. A report commissioned by the Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....  in 1995 made a number of recommendations for financial savings in the armed forces' budget, one of which was the abolition of the five-star ranks. Part of the rationale behind the recommendation was that the ranks of field marshal, admiral of the fleet and marshal of the Royal Air Force were disproportionate to the size of the forces commanded by these officers and that none of the United Kingdom's close allies, such as the United States (which reserves the rank of General of the Army General of the Army (United States) General of the Army is a five-star general officer and is the second highest possible rank in the United States Army. A special rank of General of the Armies, which ranks above General of the Army, does exist but has only been conferred twice in the history of the Army...  for wartime), used such ranks. The recommendation was not taken up in full, but the convention of promoting service chiefs to five-star ranks was stopped and the ranks are now reserved for special circumstances. Lord Inge Peter Inge, Baron Inge Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1992 and 1994. He then served as Chief of the Defence Staff before retiring in 1997.-Army career:...  was, in 1994, the last officer to be promoted to the rank. Inge relinquished the post of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in 1997 and his successor, Sir Charles Guthrie Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank General Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, was Chief of the Defence Staff between 1997 and 2001 and Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1994 and 1997.-Army career:... , was the first officer not to be promoted upon appointment as CDS. Professional soldiers The vast majority of officers to hold the rank of field marshal were professional soldiers in the British Army, though 11 served as officers in the British Indian Army British Indian Army The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947... . Between them, the 116 professional field marshals took part in over 320 engagements, covering almost every battle and campaign in which the British Army was engaged in the 250-year history of the rank. At least 57 field marshals were wounded in battle earlier in their careers, of whom 24 were wounded more than once, and eight had been prisoners of war. Fifteen future field marshals were present at the Battle of Vitoria Battle of Vitoria At the Battle of Vitoria an allied British, Portuguese, and Spanish army under General the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, leading to eventual victory in the Peninsular War.-Background:In July 1812, after... , where the Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...  earned the rank, and 10 others served under Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands... . Four field marshals—Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir George White, Earl Roberts Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who regarded himself as Anglo-Irish and one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century.-Early life:Born at Cawnpore, India, on...  and Lord Gort John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC , was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier. As a young officer in World War I he won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the... —had previously received the Victoria Cross Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....  (VC)—the United Kingdom's highest and most prestigious award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy". Wood, a famously injury-prone officer, was awarded the VC for two actions in 1858 in which he first attacked a group of rebels in India and later rescued an informant from another group of rebels. White, a cavalry officer, led two charges on enemy guns in Afghanistan in 1879, while Gort, of the Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... , commanded a series of attacks while severely wounded during the First World War in 1918. Earl Roberts received his VC for actions during the Indian Mutiny. Wellington, 44 at the time of his promotion, was the youngest officer to earn the rank of field marshal. Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda KP, PC was a British peer and military officer, styled Viscount Moore until 1758.-Military career:...  was the oldest, promoted at the age of 91, while a further 23 officers were promoted to field marshal in their eighties. Wellington was also the only field marshal ever to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and... , though four others became cabinet ministers. No professional officer has reached the rank of field marshal without having served in the cavalry Cavalry regiments of the British Army There are currently nine regular cavalry regiments of the British Army, with two tank regiments provided by the Royal Tank Regiment, traditionally classed alongside the cavalry, for a total of eleven regiments. Of these, five serve as armoured regiments, and five as formation reconnaissance... , infantry Infantry of the British Army The British Army's Infantry, part of the Structure of the British Army, comprises 51 battalions of Infantry, from 19 Regiments. Of these 37 battalions are part of the 'Regular' army and the remaining 14 a part of the 'Territorial' force... , Royal Armoured Corps Royal Armoured Corps The Royal Armoured Corps is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army... , Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...  or Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.... . Only one, Sir William Robertson, has held every rank in the British Army, from private soldier to field marshal. Seniority Name and style{{#tag:ref|Titles and styles are those held by the field marshal when they died, or those currently held in the case of living field marshals. All post-nominal letters, with the exception of "VC" (denoting the Victoria Cross Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.... ) are omitted.|group="note"}} Regiment{{#tag:ref|The regiment given is the regiment into which the field marshal was commissioned. This is not necessarily the regiment the officer first joined, nor is it necessarily the regiment in which the officer spent most of his career. A "—" indicates that the officer was not initially commissioned into a formal regiment.|group="note"}} Image Born Died Date of promotion 1 Field Marshal has been the highest rank in the British Army British Army The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...  since 1736. A five-star rank, it is equivalent to an Admiral of the Fleet Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy) Admiral of the fleet is the highest rank of the British Royal Navy and other navies, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-10. The rank still exists in the Royal Navy but routine appointments ceased in 1996....  in the Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...  or a Marshal of the Royal Air Force Marshal of the Royal Air Force Marshal of the Royal Air Force is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff, and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff, who were promoted to it on their last day of service. Promotions to the rank have ceased... , with different insignia: two crossed batons surrounded by yellow leaf. Like the other five-star officers in their respective services, field marshals remain officers of the British Army for life, though on half-pay when not in an appointment. The rank has been used sporadically throughout its history and was vacant through parts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. After the Second World War, it became standard practice to appoint the Chief of the Imperial General Staff Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) Chief of the General Staff has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964. The CGS is a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Army Board...  (later renamed Chief of the General Staff) to the rank on their last day in the post. Army officers occupying the post of Chief of the Defence Staff Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) The Chief of the Defence Staff is the professional head of the British Armed Forces, a senior official within the Ministry of Defence, and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister... , the professional head of all British armed forces, were usually promoted to the rank upon their appointment. In total, 138 men have held the rank of field marshal, of which 105 were professional soldiers in the British Army and a further 11 spent their careers in the British Indian Army British Indian Army The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947... , while 22 men were appointed to the rank without having served in either. Of those, four British monarchs—Edward VII Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910... , George V George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936.... , Edward VIII Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...  and George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death... —appointed themselves to the rank on their coronations and two British consorts were appointed by their queens—Albert, Prince Consort and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....  by Victoria and Elizabeth II respectively. The remainder were predominantly foreign monarchs and emperors, though two distinguished foreign military officers and one foreign statesman were also granted the rank. A report commissioned by the Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....  in 1995 made a number of recommendations for financial savings in the armed forces' budget, one of which was the abolition of the five-star ranks. Part of the rationale behind the recommendation was that the ranks of field marshal, admiral of the fleet and marshal of the Royal Air Force were disproportionate to the size of the forces commanded by these officers and that none of the United Kingdom's close allies, such as the United States (which reserves the rank of General of the Army General of the Army (United States) General of the Army is a five-star general officer and is the second highest possible rank in the United States Army. A special rank of General of the Armies, which ranks above General of the Army, does exist but has only been conferred twice in the history of the Army...  for wartime), used such ranks. The recommendation was not taken up in full, but the convention of promoting service chiefs to five-star ranks was stopped and the ranks are now reserved for special circumstances. Lord Inge Peter Inge, Baron Inge Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1992 and 1994. He then served as Chief of the Defence Staff before retiring in 1997.-Army career:...  was, in 1994, the last officer to be promoted to the rank. Inge relinquished the post of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in 1997 and his successor, Sir Charles Guthrie Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank General Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, was Chief of the Defence Staff between 1997 and 2001 and Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1994 and 1997.-Army career:... , was the first officer not to be promoted upon appointment as CDS. Professional soldiers The vast majority of officers to hold the rank of field marshal were professional soldiers in the British Army, though 11 served as officers in the British Indian Army British Indian Army The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947... . Between them, the 116 professional field marshals took part in over 320 engagements, covering almost every battle and campaign in which the British Army was engaged in the 250-year history of the rank. At least 57 field marshals were wounded in battle earlier in their careers, of whom 24 were wounded more than once, and eight had been prisoners of war. Fifteen future field marshals were present at the Battle of Vitoria Battle of Vitoria At the Battle of Vitoria an allied British, Portuguese, and Spanish army under General the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, leading to eventual victory in the Peninsular War.-Background:In July 1812, after... , where the Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...  earned the rank, and 10 others served under Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands... . Four field marshals—Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir George White, Earl Roberts Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who regarded himself as Anglo-Irish and one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century.-Early life:Born at Cawnpore, India, on...  and Lord Gort John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC , was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier. As a young officer in World War I he won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the... —had previously received the Victoria Cross Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....  (VC)—the United Kingdom's highest and most prestigious award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy". Wood, a famously injury-prone officer, was awarded the VC for two actions in 1858 in which he first attacked a group of rebels in India and later rescued an informant from another group of rebels. White, a cavalry officer, led two charges on enemy guns in Afghanistan in 1879, while Gort, of the Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... , commanded a series of attacks while severely wounded during the First World War in 1918. Earl Roberts received his VC for actions during the Indian Mutiny. Wellington, 44 at the time of his promotion, was the youngest officer to earn the rank of field marshal. Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda KP, PC was a British peer and military officer, styled Viscount Moore until 1758.-Military career:...  was the oldest, promoted at the age of 91, while a further 23 officers were promoted to field marshal in their eighties. Wellington was also the only field marshal ever to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and... , though four others became cabinet ministers. No professional officer has reached the rank of field marshal without having served in the cavalry Cavalry regiments of the British Army There are currently nine regular cavalry regiments of the British Army, with two tank regiments provided by the Royal Tank Regiment, traditionally classed alongside the cavalry, for a total of eleven regiments. Of these, five serve as armoured regiments, and five as formation reconnaissance... , infantry Infantry of the British Army The British Army's Infantry, part of the Structure of the British Army, comprises 51 battalions of Infantry, from 19 Regiments. Of these 37 battalions are part of the 'Regular' army and the remaining 14 a part of the 'Territorial' force... , Royal Armoured Corps Royal Armoured Corps The Royal Armoured Corps is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army... , Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...  or Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.... . Only one, Sir William Robertson, has held every rank in the British Army, from private soldier to field marshal. }George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney |Royal Regiment of Foot | |1666 |1737 |1736-01-1212 January 1736 |- |2 !scope="row"|{{sort|Campbell|}}John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich KG , known as Iain Ruaidh nan Cath or Red John of the Battles, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.-Early Life:... |— | |1678 |1743 |1736-01-1414 January 1736 |- |3 !scope="row"|{{sort|Boyle|}}Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon PC was a British military officer and statesman.-Military career:... |Horse Guards Regiment Horse Guards Regiment The Horse Guards Regiment was a regiment only in name: it actually consisted of several independent troops raised initially on the three different establishments... | |1674 |1740 |17392 July 1739 |- |4 !scope="row"|{{sort|Rochefoucauld|}}François de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Montendre |— | |1672 |1739 |17392 July 1739 |- |5 !scope="row"|{{sort|Dalrymple|}}John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair KT PC was a Scottish soldier and diplomat.-Military career:Despite being born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Dalrymple spent his early life mostly in the Netherlands and he studied at Leiden University... |26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot | |1673 |1747 |1742-03-1818 March 1742 |- |6 !scope="row"|{{sort|Temple|}}Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham Field Marshal Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham PC was a British soldier and Whig politician. He was known for his ownership of and modifications to the estate at Stowe and for serving as a political mentor to the young William Pitt.-Early life:Temple was the son of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd... |6th Regiment of Foot | |1669 |1749 |1742-12-1414 December 1742 |- |7 !scope="row"|{{sort|Wade|}}George Wade George Wade Field Marshal George Wade served as a British military commander and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.-Early career:Wade, born in Kilavally, Westmeath in Ireland, was commissioned into the Earl of Bath's Regiment in 1690 and served in Flanders in 1692, during the Nine Years War, earning a... |Earl of Bath's Regiment | |1673 |1748 |1742-12-1414 December 1742 |- |8 !scope="row"|{{sort|Rich|}}Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet was a British cavalry officer.-Career:Rich was commissioned into the 1st Foot Guards in 1700... |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...  (1st Foot Guards) | |1685 |1760 |1757-11-2828 November 1757 |- |9 !scope="row"|{{sort|Molesworth|}}Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth Field Marshal Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, PC , styled The Honourable Richard Molesworth from 1716 to 1726, was an Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and nobleman.-Military career:... |Royal Scots | |1680 |1758 |1757-11-2929 November 1757 |- |10 !scope="row"|{{sort|Ligonier|}}John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier Field Marshal John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, KB, PC was a French-born British soldier.He was born to a Huguenot family of Castres in the south of France, and who emigrated to England at the close of the 17th century... |10th Regiment of Foot 10th Regiment of Foot The 10th Regiment of Foot was raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath... | |1680 |1770 |1757-11-3030 November 1757 |- |11 !scope="row"|{{sort|O'Hara|}}James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley |39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot The 39th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1719 and amalgamated into The Dorsetshire Regiment in 1881.The regiment was raised by Colonel Richard Coote in Ireland in August 1702... | |1690 |1773 |17631 June 1763 |- |12 !scope="row"|{{sort|Conway|}}Henry Seymour Conway Henry Seymour Conway Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, and cousin of Horace Walpole, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession and eventually rose to the rank of Field Marshal .-Family and education:Conway was... |5th Royal Irish Lancers 5th Royal Irish Lancers The 5th Royal Irish Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British army originally formed in 1689 as James Wynne's Regiment of Dragoons.They fought in the Battle of the Boyne and at the Battle of Aughrim under William of Orange... | |1721 |1794 |1793-10-1212 October 1793 |- |13 !scope="row"|{{sort|Gloucester|}}Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Prince William, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of George II and a younger brother of George III.-Early life:... |13th Regiment of Foot | |1743 |1805 |1793-10-1212 October 1793 |- |14 !scope="row"|{{sort|Howard|}}Sir George Howard |24th Regiment of Foot | |1720 |1796 |1793-10-1212 October 1793 |- |15 !scope="row"|{{sort|York|}}Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany The Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany was a member of the Hanoverian and British Royal Family, the second eldest child, and second son, of King George III... |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... | |1763 |1827 |1795-02-1010 February 1795 |- |16 !scope="row"|{{sort|Campbell|}}John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll , styled Marquess of Lorne from 1761 to 1770, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.-Military career:... |Royal Scots Fusiliers Royal Scots Fusiliers -The Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot :The regiment was raised in Scotland in 1678 by Stuart loyalist Charles Erskine, de jure 5th Earl of Mar for service against the rebel covenanting forces during the Second Whig Revolt . They were used to keep the peace and put down brigands, mercenaries, and... | |1723 |1806 |1796-07-3030 July 1796 |- |17 !scope="row"|{{sort|Amherst|}}Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... | |1717 |1797 |1796-07-3030 July 1796 |- |18 !scope="row"|{{sort|Whitwell|}}John Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden |Scots Guards Scots Guards The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland... | |1719 |1797 |1796-07-3030 July 1796 |- |19 !scope="row"|{{sort|Hodgson|}}Studholme Hodgson Studholme Hodgson Field Marshal Studholme Hodgson was a British Commander during the 18th century. He is best known for commanding the 1761 British expedition which captured Belle Île.-Military career:... |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... | |1708 |1798 |1796-07-3030 July 1796 |- |20 !scope="row"|{{sort|Townshend|}}George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC , known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier who reached the rank of field marshal.-Early life:... |7th Queen's Own Hussars 7th Queen's Own Hussars The 7th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first formed in 1690. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Hussars in 1958.... | |1724 |1807 |1796-07-3030 July 1796 |- |21 !scope="row"|{{sort|Cavendish|}}Lord Frederick Cavendish |Coldstream Guards Coldstream Guards Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division.... | |1729 |1803 |1796-07-3030 July 1796 |- |22 !scope="row"|{{sort|Lennox|}}Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond Field Marshal Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Aubigny, KG, PC, FRS , styled Earl of March until 1750, was a British politician and office holder noteworthy for his advanced views on the issue of parliamentary reform... |Coldstream Guards Coldstream Guards Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division.... | |1735 |1806 |1796-07-3030 July 1796 |- |23 !scope="row"|{{sort|Kent|}}Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn |Royal Fusiliers | |1767 |1819 |18055 September 1805 |- |24 !scope="row"|{{sort|Wellesley|}}Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century... |73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot | |1769 |1852 |1813-06-2121 June 1813 |- |26 !scope="row"|{{sort|Cambridge|}}Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge The Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge , was the tenth child and seventh son of George III and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 1801 until his death. He also served as Viceroy of Hanover on behalf of his brothers George IV and William IV... |Hanoverian Guards | |1774 |1850 |1813-11-2626 November 1813 |- |27 !scope="row"|{{sort|Gloucester|}}Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Prince William, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a member of the British Royal Family, a great-grandson of George II and nephew of George III.-Early life:... |Scots Guards Scots Guards The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland... | |1776 |1834 |181624 May 1816 |- |29 !scope="row"|{{sort|Moore|}}Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda KP, PC was a British peer and military officer, styled Viscount Moore until 1758.-Military career:... |12th Dragoons 12th Royal Lancers The 12th Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. In 1960, it was amalgamated with 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, to form 9th/12th Royal Lancers .-History:... | |1730 |1821 |1821-07-1919 July 1821 |- |30 !scope="row"|{{sort|Harcourt|}}William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, GCB was a British nobleman and soldier. He was the younger son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt.-Seven Years War:... |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... | |1743 |1830 |1821-07-1919 July 1821 |- |31 !scope="row"|{{sort|Clarke|}}Sir Alured Clarke Alured Clarke Field-marshal Sir Alured Clarke KB was an officer of the British army, lieutenant governor of the colonial Province of Quebec, and civil administrator of Lower Canada... |50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot thumb|right|250px|soldier of 50th Regiment about 1740The 50th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1755 to 1881.... | |1745 |1832 |1830-07-2222 July 1830 |- |32 !scope="row"|{{sort|Hulse|}}Sir Samuel Hulse Samuel Hulse Field Marshal Sir Samuel Hulse, GCH was a British Army officer.-Military career:Born the second son of Sir Edward Hulse, 2nd Baronet, Samuel Hulse was commissioned into the 1st Regiment of Footguards. He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Regiment in 1793 and served in that capacity in Flanders... |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... | |1747 |1832 |1830-07-2222 July 1830 |- |35 !scope="row"|Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet |39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot The 39th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1719 and amalgamated into The Dorsetshire Regiment in 1881.The regiment was raised by Colonel Richard Coote in Ireland in August 1702... | |1757 |1849 |1846-11-099 November 1846 |- |36 !scope="row"|Thomas Grosvenor Thomas Grosvenor (British Army officer) Field Marshal Thomas Grosvenor was a senior officer in the British Army.-Military career:Born the third son of Thomas Grosvenor MP, Grosvenor was educated at Westminster School and commissioned into the 1st foot guards in 1779. He was in charge of security at the Bank of England during the Gordon... |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... | |1764 |1851 |1846-11-099 November 1846 |- |37 !scope="row"|Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG, GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as The Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British military leader and politician, now chiefly remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry against... |80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) The 80th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1793 and amalgamated into The South Staffordshire Regiment in 1881.... | |1768 |1854 |1846-11-099 November 1846 |- |38 !scope="row"|FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC , known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British soldier.-Early life:... |4th Light Dragoons | |1788 |1855 |18545 November 1854 |- |39 !scope="row"|Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB, GCH, KSI, PC , was a British military leader, diplomat and politician... !scope="row"|23rd Regiment of Foot | |1773 |1865 |1855-10-022 October 1855 |- |40 !scope="row"|John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford Field Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, GCB, GCH, PC was a British peer, politician and soldier.-Early years:... |33rd Regiment of Foot | |1772 |1860 |1855-10-022 October 1855 |- |41 !scope="row"|Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB, PC was a British field marshal and Governor-general of India.-Army career:... |Queen's Rangers Queen's Rangers The Queen's Rangers was a military unit who fought on the Loyalist side during the American War of Independence. After the war they moved to Nova Scotia and disbanded, but were reformed again in Upper Canada before disbanding again, in 1802, a decade prior to the War of 1812.-French and Indian... | |1785 |1856 |1855-10-022 October 1855 |- |42 !scope="row"|John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC was a British field marshal and colonial governor.-Early service:... |East Devonshire Regiment | |1776 |1863 |18601 April 1860 |- |43 !scope="row"|Sir Edward Blakeney Edward Blakeney Field Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney PC GCB GCH was a British Army Field Marshal.-Background:Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Blakeney, was the fourth son of Colonel William Blakeney, who sat in the Parliament of Ireland, and his wife Sarah née Shields... |99th Regiment of Foot | |1778 |1868 |18629 November 1862 |- |44 !scope="row"|Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough Field Marshal Sir Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, KP, GCSI, KCB, PC , was an Irish British Army officer. He was said to have commanded in more general actions than any other British officer of the 19th century except the Duke of Wellington.- Early career :Born at Woodstown House, Co... |Seaforth Highlanders Seaforth Highlanders The Seaforth Highlanders was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders have varied in size from two battalions to seventeen battalions during the Great War... | |1779 |1869 |18629 November 1862 |- |45 !scope="row"|Prince George, Duke of Cambridge Prince George, Duke of Cambridge Prince George, Duke of Cambridge was a member of the British Royal Family, a male-line grandson of King George III. The Duke was an army officer and served as commander-in-chief of the British Army from 1856 to 1895... |12th Royal Lancers 12th Royal Lancers The 12th Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. In 1960, it was amalgamated with 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, to form 9th/12th Royal Lancers .-History:... | |1819 |1904 |18629 November 1862 |- |46 !scope="row"|Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde GCB, KSI was a British Army officer from Scotland who led the Highland Brigade in the Crimea and was in command of the ‘Thin red line’ at the battle of Balaclava... |9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot | |1792 |1863 |18629 November 1862 |- |47 !scope="row"|Sir Alexander Woodford Alexander George Woodford Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford, KCB, KCMG was a British Army officer.-Military career:Woodford was born at 30 Welbeck Street, London, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodford , and his second wife, Lady Susan Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford, KCB, KCMG (15 June... |9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot | |1782 |1870 |18681 January 1868 |- |48 !scope="row"|Sir William Gomm William Maynard Gomm Field Marshal Sir William Maynard Gomm GCB , was a British Army commander.-Military career:He was gazetted to the 9th Foot at the age of ten in recognition of the services of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gomm, who was killed in the attack on Guadaloupe... |9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot | |1784 |1875 |18681 January 1868 |- |49 !scope="row"|Sir Hew Ross Hew Dalrymple Ross Field Marshal Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, GCB GCTE was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior Ceremonial Post in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign.-Military career:... |Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:... | |1779 |1868 |18681 January 1868 |- |50 !scope="row"|Sir John Burgoyne John Burgoyne General John Burgoyne was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, mostly notably during the Portugal Campaign of 1762.... |Horse Guards Regiment Horse Guards Regiment The Horse Guards Regiment was a regiment only in name: it actually consisted of several independent troops raised initially on the three different establishments... | |1782 |1871 |18681 January 1868 |- |51 !scope="row"|Sir George Pollock George Pollock Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCSI was a British soldier.-Military career:Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Pollock was commissioned into the Bengal Artillery in 1803.... |Bengal Artillery | |1786 |1872 |187024 May 1870 |- |52 !scope="row"|Sir John FitzGerald |— | |1784 |1877 |1875-05-2929 May 1875 |- |53 !scope="row"|George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, KT, GCB was a Scottish soldier and administrator.-Military career:... |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... | |1787 |1876 |1875-05-2929 May 1875 |- |55 !scope="row"|Sir William Rowan |52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot The 52nd Regiment of Foot was a light infantry regiment of the British Army throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries. The regiment first saw active service during the American War of Independence, and were posted to India during the Anglo-Mysore Wars... | |1789 |1879 |1877-06-022 June 1877 |- |56 !scope="row"|Sir Charles Yorke Charles Yorke (British Army officer) Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke KCB was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.-Military career:... |35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot The 35th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army. The regiment became The Royal Sussex Regiment.-History:The 35th Regiment changed its name many times during its history... | |1790 |1880 |1877-06-022 June 1877 |- |57 !scope="row"|Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn Field Marshal Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn GCB, GCSI, PC was a British Army field-marshal.-Early life:... |93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot | |1801 |1885 |1877-06-022 June 1877 |- |58 !scope="row"|Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, GCB, GCSI, CIE, FRS was a British soldier.-Early life:... |Bengal Engineer Group Bengal Engineer Group The Bengal Engineer Group or the Bengal Sappers or Bengal Engineers as they are informally known, are remnants of British Indian Army's Bengal Army of the Bengal Presidency in British India; now a regiment of the Corps of Engineers in the Indian Army. The Bengal Sappers have their regimental... | |1810 |1890 |1883-01-011 January 1883 |- |59 !scope="row"|Sir Patrick Grant Patrick Grant Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, GCB, GCMG was a senior British Army officer.-Military career:He was the second son of Major John Grant, of the 97th Regiment of Foot, of Auchterblair, Invernessshire, where he was born.... |Bengal Native Infantry Bengal Native Infantry The Bengal Native Infantry was part of the organisation of the East India Company's Bengal Army before the Indian rebellion of 1857.The infantry regiments underwent frequent changes of numbering during their period of existence... | |1804 |1895 |1883-06-2424 June 1883 |- |60 !scope="row"|Sir John Michel John Michel Field Marshal Sir John Michel GCB, PC was a British Army officer.-Military career:Educated at Eton College, Michel was commissioned into the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1823. In 1835 he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to General Sir Henry Fane in India... |64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot The 64th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was created as the 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Foot in 1756, redesignated as the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1758, and took a county title as the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1782... | |1804 |1886 |1886-03-2727 March 1886 |- |61 !scope="row"|Sir Richard Dacres |Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:... | |1799 |1886 |1886-03-2727 March 1886 |- |62 !scope="row"|Lord William Paulet Lord William Paulet Field Marshal Lord William Paulet, GCB was a British Army officer, the fourth son of Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester.-Military career:... |85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) The 85th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. During the Childers Reforms it was united with the 53rd Regiment of Foot to form the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.-Service history:... | |1804 |1893 |1886-07-1010 July 1886 |- |63 !scope="row"|George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan |6th Regiment of Foot | |1800 |1888 |188721 June 1887 |- |64 !scope="row"|Sir Lintorn Simmons |Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.... | |1821 |1903 |1890-05-2121 May 1890 |- |65 !scope="row"|Sir Frederick Haines Frederick Haines Field Marshal Sir Frederick Paul Haines, GCB, GCSI, CIE was a British army officer.-Military career:Haines was commissioned into the 4th Regiment of Foot in 1839. Haines served in the Crimean War and as the senior officer at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854 held the barrier for six hours... |4th Regiment of Foot | |1818 |1903 |1890-05-2121 May 1890 |- |66 !scope="row"|Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet |Bengal Army Bengal Army The Bengal Army was the army of the Presidency of Bengal, one of the three Presidencies of British India, in South Asia. Although based in Bengal in eastern India, the presidency stretched across northern India and the Himalayas all the way to the North West Frontier Province... | |1824 |1900 |1894-05-2426 May 1894 |- |67 !scope="row"|Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, China, Canada, and widely throughout Africa—including his Ashanti campaign and the Nile Expedition... |12th Regiment of Foot | |1833 |1913 |1894-05-2426 May 1894 |- |68 !scope="row"|Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who regarded himself as Anglo-Irish and one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century.-Early life:Born at Cawnpore, India, on... |Bengal Army Bengal Army The Bengal Army was the army of the Presidency of Bengal, one of the three Presidencies of British India, in South Asia. Although based in Bengal in eastern India, the presidency stretched across northern India and the Himalayas all the way to the North West Frontier Province... | |1832 |1914 |189525 May 1895 |- |69 !scope="row"|Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot The 67th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1758 and amalgamated into The Hampshire Regiment in 1881.... | |1823 |1902 |189722 June 1897 |- |70 !scope="row"|Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain Neville Bowles Chamberlain Field Marshal Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain GCB GCSI was a British soldier who served in India.-Military career:... |Bengal Native Infantry Bengal Native Infantry The Bengal Native Infantry was part of the organisation of the East India Company's Bengal Army before the Indian rebellion of 1857.The infantry regiments underwent frequent changes of numbering during their period of existence... | |1820 |1902 |190025 April 1900 |- |72 !scope="row"|Sir Henry Norman Henry Wylie Norman Field Marshal Sir Henry Wylie Norman GCB, GCMG, CIE , Field Marshal and colonial Governor.-Early life:He was born 2 December 1826, only son of James Norman, merchant, and his wife Charlotte, née Wylie.... |Bengal Native Infantry Bengal Native Infantry The Bengal Native Infantry was part of the organisation of the East India Company's Bengal Army before the Indian rebellion of 1857.The infantry regiments underwent frequent changes of numbering during their period of existence... | |1826 |1904 |1902-06-2626 June 1902 |- |73 !scope="row"|Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and... |Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.... | |1850 |1942 |1902-06-2626 June 1902 |- |74 !scope="row"|Sir Evelyn Wood, VC |13th Light Dragoons 13th Light Dragoons The 13th Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army whose battle honours include Waterloo and The Charge of the Light Brigade. 1n 1922, the regiment was amalgamated with the 18th Royal Hussars, to form the 13th/18th Hussars.-Regimental history:British light dragoons were first raised in... | |1838 |1919 |1903-04-088 April 1903 |- |75 !scope="row"|Sir George White, VC |27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot The 27th Regiment of Foot was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1689 and amalgamated into The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1881.- History :... | |1835 |1912 |1903-04-088 April 1903 |- |77 !scope="row"|Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell Field Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, GCB, GCMG, PC was a British Army officer.-Military career:Francis Wallace Grenfell was descended from Pascoe Grenfell... |King's Royal Rifle Corps King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire... | |1841 |1925 |1908-04-1111 April 1908 |- |78 !scope="row"|Sir Charles Brownlow Charles Henry Brownlow Field Marshal Sir Charles Henry Brownlow KCB was a senior British Army officer.-Military career:Brownlow was commissioned into the Bengal Army in 1847... |51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) The 51st Sikhs was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1846 as the 1st Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 51st Sikhs in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922... | |1831 |1916 |1908-06-2020 June 1908 |- |79 !scope="row"|Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC , was an Irish-born British Field Marshal and proconsul who won fame for his imperial campaigns and later played a central role in the early part of the First World War, although he died halfway... |Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.... | |1850 |1916 |190910 September 1909 |- |81 !scope="row"|Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen GCB, GCMG, GCVO was a British military commander.-Early life:... |Scots Guards Scots Guards The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland... | |1845 |1932 |1911-06-1919 June 1911 |- |82 !scope="row"|William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson Field Marshal William Gustavus Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson, GCB , was a British Army officer who, in a half-century of service, rose through the ranks in India and the Boer War to the rank of Field Marshal... |Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.... | |1845 |1918 |1911-06-1919 June 1911 |- |83 !scope="row"|John French, 1st Earl of Ypres John French, 1st Earl of Ypres Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC , known as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a British and Anglo-Irish officer... |8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1693. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958.... | |1868 |1925 |19133 June 1913 |- |85 !scope="row"|Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the War... |7th Queen's Own Hussars 7th Queen's Own Hussars The 7th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first formed in 1690. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Hussars in 1958.... | |1861 |1928 |1917-01-011 January 1917 |- |86 !scope="row"|Sir Charles Egerton |31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot The 31st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1702 and amalgamated into The East Surrey Regiment in 1881.-Predecessor regiment:... | |1848 |1921 |1917-03-1616 March 1917 |- |89 !scope="row"|Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE was a British colonial official and soldier born in Torquay who commanded the British Second Army in World War I and later served as High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine.-Military... |York and Lancaster Regiment York and Lancaster Regiment -History:It was formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of two other regiments:*65th Regiment*84th RegimentThe title of the regiment was derived not from the cities of York and Lancaster, or from the counties... | |1857 |1932 |1919-07-3131 July 1919 |- |90 !scope="row"|Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby GCB, GCMG, GCVO was a British soldier and administrator most famous for his role during the First World War, in which he led the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the conquest of Palestine and Syria in 1917 and 1918.Allenby, nicknamed... |6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons The 6th Dragoons was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1689. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into the 5th/6th Dragoons in 1922.The 'Skins' are one of the four ancestor regiments of the Royal Dragoon... | |1861 |1936 |1919-07-3131 July 1919 |- |91 !scope="row"|Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet |Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) | |1864 |1922 |1919-07-3131 July 1919 |- |92 !scope="row"|Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet |3rd Dragoon Guards 3rd Dragoon Guards The 3rd Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards in 1922.... | |1860 |1933 |192029 March 1920 |- |93 !scope="row"|Sir Arthur Barrett Arthur Barrett (Indian Army officer) Field Marshal Sir Arthur Arnold Barrett GCB GCSI KCVO ADC was a British officer of the Indian Army.-Early life and service:Barrett was born in Carshalton, Surrey , the son of a clergyman... |44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot | |1857 |1926 |192112 April 1921 |- |95 !scope="row"|William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, CIE, DSO was a First World War British general who is best known as the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915.- Youth and early career :Birdwood was born... |Royal Scots Fusiliers Royal Scots Fusiliers -The Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot :The regiment was raised in Scotland in 1678 by Stuart loyalist Charles Erskine, de jure 5th Earl of Mar for service against the rebel covenanting forces during the Second Whig Revolt . They were used to keep the peace and put down brigands, mercenaries, and... | |1865 |1951 |192520 March 1925 |- |96 !scope="row"|Sir Claud Jacob Claud Jacob Field-Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob GCB GCSI KCMG was a British Army officer who served in the First World War.-Military career:... |Worcestershire Regiment Worcestershire Regiment The Worcestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 29th Regiment of Foot and the 36th Regiment of Foot.... | |1863 |1948 |192630 November 1926 |- |97 !scope="row"|George Milne, 1st Baron Milne George Milne, 1st Baron Milne Field Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne, GCB, GCMG, DSO , was a British military commander who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1926 to 1933.-Army career:... |Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:... | |1866 |1948 |192830 January 1928 |- |100 !scope="row"|Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since Canadian Confederation.... |King's Royal Rifle Corps King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire... | |1862 |1935 |1932-07-1717 July 1932 |- |101 !scope="row"|Frederick Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan Frederick Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan Field Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE was a British Army officer and Chief of the Imperial General Staff.-Army career:... |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... | |1865 |1946 |1932-10-3131 October 1932 |- |102 !scope="row"|Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO was a British cavalry officer who became Commander in Chief in India.-Early life and education:... |Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army.The regiment was formed as a consequence of Childers reforms, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms, by the amalgamation of the 43rd Regiment of Foot and the 52nd Regiment of Foot , forming the 1st... | |1869 |1950 |193313 February 1933 |- |103 !scope="row"|Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd |Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:... | |1871 |1947 |19357 June 1935 |- |105 !scope="row"|Sir Cyril Deverell Cyril Deverell Field Marshal Sir Cyril John Deverell, GCB, KBE, ADC was a British career military officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1936 and 1937.-Army career:... |West Yorkshire Regiment | |1874 |1947 |193615 May 1936 |- |107 !scope="row"|Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside GCB, CMG, CBE, DSO, was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the first year of the Second World War.... |Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:... | |1880 |1959 |194020 July 1940 |- |109 !scope="row"|Sir John Dill John Dill Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, GCB, CMG, DSO was a British commander in World War I and World War II. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, and subsequently in Washington, as Chief of the British Joint Staff... |Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 100th Regiment of Foot and the 109th Regiment of Foot... | |1881 |1944 |194118 November 1941 |- |110 !scope="row"|John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC , was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier. As a young officer in World War I he won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the... , VC |Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards... | |1886 |1946 |1943-01-011 January 1943 |- |111 !scope="row"|Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, PC was a British field marshal and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East during the Second World War. He led British forces to victory over the Italians, only to be defeated by the German army... |Black Watch Black Watch The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The unit's traditional colours were retired in 2011 in a ceremony led by Queen Elizabeth II.... | |1883 |1950 |1943-01-011 January 1943 |- |112 !scope="row"|Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke Field Marshal The Rt. Hon. Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar , was a senior commander in the British Army. He was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War, and was promoted to Field Marshal in 1944... |Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:... | |1883 |1963 |1944-01-011 January 1944 |- |113 !scope="row"|Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was a British military commander and field marshal of Anglo-Irish descent who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian... |Irish Guards Irish Guards The Irish Guards , part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army.Along with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish regiments remaining in the British Army. The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities... | |1891 |1969 |1944-06-044 June 1944 |- |114 !scope="row"|Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC , nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General" was a British Army officer. He saw action in the First World War, when he was seriously wounded, and during the Second World War he commanded the 8th Army from... |Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers | |1887 |1976 |1944-09-011 September 1944 |- |115 !scope="row"|{{sort|Wilson|}}Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, GCB, GBE, DSO , also known as "Jumbo" Wilson, saw active service in the Second Boer War and First World War, and became a senior British general in the Middle East and Mediterranean during the Second World War... |Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) | |1881 |1964 |1944-12-3929 December 1944 |- |116 !scope="row"|{{sort|Auchinleck|}}Sir Claude Auchinleck Claude Auchinleck Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE , nicknamed "The Auk", was a British army commander during World War II. He was a career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, where he developed a love of the country and a lasting affinity for the soldiers... |62nd Punjabis (Indian Army) 62nd Punjabis The 62nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1759 as the 3rd Battalion of Coast Sepoys, and formed part of the Madras Army. It was designated as the 62nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to... | |1884 |1981 |19461 June 1946 |- |117 !scope="row"|{{sort|Slim|}}William "Bill" Slim, 1st Viscount Slim William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill"'Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia.... |Royal Warwickshire Regiment | |1891 |1970 |19484 January 1948 |- |120 !scope="row"|{{sort|Harding|}}John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton Field Marshal Allan Francis John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC was a British Army officer and Governor of Cyprus from 1955 to 1957, Cyprus being a British colony at that time.... |Somerset Light Infantry | |1896 |1989 |195321 July 1953 |- |121 !scope="row"|{{sort|Gloucester|}}Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary.... |King's Royal Rifle Corps King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire... | |1900 |1974 |195531 March 1955 |- |122 !scope="row"|{{sort|Templer|}}Sir Gerald Templer Gerald Templer Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer KG, GCB, GCMG, KBE was a British military commander. He is best known for his defeat of the guerrilla rebels in Malaya between 1952 and 1954... |Royal Irish Fusiliers Royal Irish Fusiliers The Royal Irish Fusiliers was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of the 87th Regiment of Foot and the 89th Regiment of Foot in 1881. The regiment's first title in 1881 was Princess Victoria's , changed in 1920 to The Royal Irish Fusiliers... | |1898 |1979 |195627 November 1956 |- |123 !scope="row"|{{sort|Festing|}}Sir Francis Festing Francis Festing Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing GCB, KBE, DSO , called 菲士挺 in Chinese, was a field marshal of the British Army... |Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) | |1902 |1976 |19601 September 1960 |- |126 !scope="row"|{{sort|Hull|}}Sir Richard Hull |17th/21st Lancers 17th/21st Lancers The 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1922 to 1993.It was formed in 1922 in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers . From 1930 to 1939 it was deployed overseas; first in Egypt for two years, and then in India for seven... | |1907 |1989 |19658 February 1965 |- |127 !scope="row"|{{sort|Cassels|}}Sir James Cassels |Seaforth Highlanders Seaforth Highlanders The Seaforth Highlanders was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders have varied in size from two battalions to seventeen battalions during the Great War... | |1907 |1996 |196829 February 1968 |- |128 !scope="row"|{{sort|Baker|}}Sir Geoffrey Baker Geoffrey Baker Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Harding Baker GCB, CMG, CBE, MC was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.-Army career:... |Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:... | |1912 |1980 |197131 January 1971 |- |129 !scope="row"|{{sort|Carver|}}Michael Carver, Baron Carver Michael Carver, Baron Carver Field Marshal Richard Michael Power Carver, Baron Carver GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC was a British soldier. He served as the Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces.-Army career:Educated at Winchester College, Michael Carver was... |Royal Tank Corps Royal Tank Regiment The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is made up of two operational regiments, the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment... | |1915 |2001 |197318 July 1973 |- |130 !scope="row"|{{sort|Gibbs|}}Sir Roland Gibbs Roland Gibbs Field Marshal Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs GCB, CBE, DSO, MC, KStJ was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1976 to 1979, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1989 to 1996.... |King's Royal Rifle Corps King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire... | |1921 |2004 |197913 July 1979 |- |132 !scope="row"|{{sort|Bramall|}}Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall Field Marshal Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall KG, GCB, OBE, MC, DL, JP is a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1979 and 1982, and as Chief of the Defence Staff, professional head of the British Armed Forces,... |King's Royal Rifle Corps King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire... | |1923 |Living |19821 January 1982 |- |133 !scope="row"|{{sort|Stanier|}}Sir John Stanier |7th Queen's Own Hussars 7th Queen's Own Hussars The 7th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first formed in 1690. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Hussars in 1958.... | |1925 |2007 |1985-07-1010 July 1985 |- |134 !scope="row"|{{sort|Bagnall|}}Sir Nigel Bagnall Nigel Bagnall Field Marshal Sir Nigel Thomas Bagnall GCB, CVO, MC was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.-Army career:... |Green Howards | |1927 |2002 |19889 September 1988 |- |135 !scope="row"|{{sort|Vincent|}}Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill Field Marshal Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill, GBE, KCB, DSO , was Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces... |Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:... | |1931 |Living |19912 April 1991 |- |136 !scope="row"|{{sort|Chapple|}}Sir John Chapple John Chapple Field Marshal Sir John Lyon Chapple, GCB, CBE was a career British Army officer in the second half of the 20th century. He served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1989 to 1992.-Army career:... |2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) The 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army before being transferred to the British Army on India's independence in 1947. The 4th Battalion joined the Indian Army as the 5th Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles , where it exists to this day... | |1931 |Living |199214 February 1992 |- |137 !scope="row"|{{sort|Kent|}}Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Prince Edward, Duke of Kent The Duke of Kent graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 29 July 1955 as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Greys, the beginning of a military career that would last over 20 years. He was promoted to captain on 29 July 1961. The Duke of Kent saw service in Hong Kong from 1962–63... |Royal Scots Greys | |1935 |Living |199311 June 1993 |- |138 !scope="row"|{{sort|Inge|}}Peter Inge, Baron Inge Peter Inge, Baron Inge Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1992 and 1994. He then served as Chief of the Defence Staff before retiring in 1997.-Army career:... |Green Howards | |1935 |Living |199415 March 1994 |} Other appointments Of the 138 officers to hold the rank of field marshal, 22 were appointed to the rank without having had a career in the British Army or British Indian Army. The majority of these men (no women have ever held the rank) were foreign monarchs and emperors, with only ceremonial connections, if any, to the British Army. However, two foreign army officers—Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch , GCB, OM, DSO was a French soldier, war hero, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French army" in the early 20th century. He served as general in the French army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in its...  of France and Sir Thomas Blamey Thomas Blamey Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars, and the only Australian to date to attain the rank of field marshal....  of Australia—were appointed to the rank in recognition of their contributions to the First and Second World Wars respectively. Seniority Name and style{{#tag:ref|Titles and styles are those held by the field marshal when they died, or those currently held in the case of living field marshals. All post-nominal letters, with the exception of "VC" (denoting the Victoria Cross Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.... ) are omitted.|group="note"}} Regiment{{#tag:ref|The regiment given is the regiment into which the field marshal was commissioned. This is not necessarily the regiment the officer first joined, nor is it necessarily the regiment in which the officer spent most of his career. A "—" indicates that the officer was not initially commissioned into a formal regiment.|group="note"}} Image Born Died Date of promotion 1 {{sort|Douglas|} }Sir Thomas Blamey Thomas Blamey Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars, and the only Australian to date to attain the rank of field marshal.... | |1884 |1951 |1941-05-2424 May 1941 |Australian Army officer |- |119 !scope="row"|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch.... | |1921 |Living |195315 January 1953 |Husband of Queen Elizabeth II |- |124 !scope="row"|{{Sort|Mahendra|}}King Mahendra of Nepal | |1921 |1972 |196217 October 1962 | |- |125 !scope="row"|Haile Selassie I | |1892 |1975 |196520 January 1965 |Emperor of Ethiopia |- |131 !scope="row"|{{Sort|Birendra|}}King Birendra of Nepal | |1945 |2001 |198018 November 1980 | |} Seniority Name and style Image Born Died Date of appointment Notes 25 Ernest Augustus I of Hanover Ernest Augustus I of Hanover Ernest Augustus I was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death. He was the fifth son and eighth child of George III, who reigned in both the United Kingdom and Hanover... 1771 1851 18136 November 1813 28 Leopold I of Belgium Leopold I of Belgium Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha... 1790 1865 181624 May 1816 33 {{sort|Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}} 1819 1861 18408 February 1840 Husband of Queen Victoria 34 William II of the Netherlands William II of the Netherlands William II was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg from 7 October 1840 until his death in 1849.- Early life and education :... 1792 1847 184528 July 1845 54 Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910... 1841 1910 187529 May 1875 British Monarch, 1901–1910 71 Wilhelm II, German Emperor 1859 1941 190127 January 1901 76 Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Galicia and Lodomeria and Grand Duke of Cracow from 1848 until his death in 1916.In the December of 1848, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria abdicated the throne as part of... 1830 1916 19031 September 1903 80 George V of the United Kingdom George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936.... 1865 1936 19107 May 1910 British Monarch, 1910–1936 84 Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until... 1868 1918 19161 January 1916 87 Emperor Taishō Emperor Taishō The was the 123rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 30 July 1912, until his death in 1926.The Emperor’s personal name was . According to Japanese customs, the emperor has no name during his reign and is only called the Emperor...  (Yoshihito) 1879 1926 19181 January 1918 Emperor of Japan 88 Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch , GCB, OM, DSO was a French soldier, war hero, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French army" in the early 20th century. He served as general in the French army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in its... 1851 1929 191919 July 1919 French Army officer and Marshal of France Marshal of France The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements... 94 Albert I of Belgium Albert I of Belgium Albert I reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934.-Early life:Born Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad in Brussels, he was the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and his wife, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen... 1875 1934 19214 July 1921 98 Alfonso XIII of Spain Alfonso XIII of Spain Alfonso XIII was King of Spain from 1886 until 1931. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority... 1886 1941 1928-06-033 June 1928 99 Hirohito Hirohito , posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or , was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to... 1901– 1989 1928-06-2626 June 1928 Emperor of Japan 104 Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay... 1894 1972 1936-01-2121 January 1936 British Monarch, January–December 1936 106 George VI of the United Kingdom George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death... 1895 1952 1936-12-1212 December 1936 British Monarch, 1936–1952 108 {{sortname|Jan|Smuts}} 1870 1950 1941-05-2424 May 1941 118 {{sort|Blamey|}