List of senior female officers of the British Armed Forces
The following is a list of women who have reached general, flag or air officer rank in the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force, not including those given honorary ranks. An air commodore is considered an air officer rank.[citation needed] Though not considered flag[1] or general officers by the United Kingdom, those who have reached the rank of brigadier or commodore and above are included in this list.
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Name | Image | Rank | Date of promotion | Active/retired |
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Jude Terry | Rear Admiral | Pending, August 2022[2] | Active | |
Carolyn Stait | Commodore | 22 June 2004[3] | Retired | |
Inga Kennedy | Commodore | 9 February 2015[4] | Active | |
Eleanor L. Ablett | Commodore | 28 August 2018[5] | Active | |
Fleur Marshall | Surgeon Commodore | 26 February 2019[6] | Active | |
Melanie S. Robinson | Commodore RNR | 4 February 2020[7][8] | Active | |
Alison J. Hofman | Commodore | 17 August 2020[9][10] | Active |
British Army[]
Name | Image | Rank | Date of promotion | Active/retired |
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Susan Ridge | Major General | 20 September 2015[11] | Retired[12] | |
Sharon Nesmith | Major General | 14 March 2019[13] | Active | |
Celia J. Harvey | Major General | 11 March 2020[14] | Active (reservist) | |
Patricia Purves | Brigadier | 30 June 1999[15] | Retired | |
Nicky Moffat | Brigadier | 30 June 2009[16] | Retired | |
Fiona H. Gardner | Brigadier | 30 June 2015[17] | Retired[18] | |
Suzanne Anderson | Brigadier | 31 December 2015[19] | Active | |
Caroline L. Hull | Brigadier | 30 June 2020[20] | Active | |
Sara L. Sharkey | Brigadier | 30 June 2017[21] | Active | |
Ingrid A. Rolland | Brigadier | 4 December 2017[22] | Active (Reservist) | |
Anna Clare Luedicke | Brigadier | 30 June 2017[23] | Active | |
Vivienne Wendy Buck | Brigadier | 30 June 2019[24] | Active | |
Janice A. Cook | Brigadier | 30 June 2019[25] | Deceased[26] | |
Anna-Lee Reilly | Brigadier | 30 June 2019[27][28] | Active | |
Lisa C. Keetley | Brigadier | 31 December 2019[29] | Active | |
Elizabeth J. Faithfull-Davies | Brigadier | 30 June 2020[30] | Active |
Royal Air Force[]
Name | Image | Rank | Date of promotion | Active/retired |
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Sue Gray | Air Marshal | 29 March 2019[31] | Active | |
Elaine West | Air Vice-Marshal | 1 August 2013[32] | Active (reservist) | |
Christina Elliot | Air Vice-Marshal | 1 July 2016[33] | Retired | |
Alison Mardell | Air Vice-Marshal | 29 April 2017[34] | Retired | |
Tamara Jennings | Air Vice-Marshal | 29 September 2018[35][36] | Active | |
Maria Byford | Air Vice-Marshal | 24 February 2020[37][38] | Active | |
Clare S. Walton | Air Vice-Marshal | 24 February 2020[39][40] | Active | |
Barbara Cooper | Air Commodore | 1 January 2008[41] | Retired | |
Jayne Millington | Air Commodore | 2012 | Deceased[42] | |
Dawn McCafferty | Air Commodore | 17 August 2012[43] | Retired[44] | |
Suzanne N. Perkins | Air Commodore | 21 August 2017[45][46] | Active | |
Catherine C. Coton | Air Commodore | 4 September 2017[47] | Active | |
Wendy Rothery | Air Commodore | 2 April 2018[48][49] | Active | |
Suraya A. Marshall | Air Commodore | 10 December 2019[50] | Active |
References[]
- ^ "BRd 2 THE QUEEN'S REGULATIONS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY Version 5" (PDF). royalnavy.mod.uk. UK Defence Council. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
Flag Officer. An officer of the rank of Rear-Admiral or above.
- ^ BBC Jersey, BBC Jersey (May 22, 2021). "Royal Navy appoints Jersey woman as first female admiral". BBC News. BBC Jersey. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ "No. 57333". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 June 2004. p. 7745.
- ^ "No. 61144". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 2015. p. 2726.
- ^ "No. 62433". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 October 2018. p. 18040.
- ^ "No. 62648". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 May 2019. p. 9041.
- ^ "NEW COMMANDER OF MARITIME RESERVES ASSUMES COMMAND". Royal Navy. Portsmouth. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "No. 62979". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 April 2020. p. 7762.
- ^ @QARNNS (28 May 2020). "Congratulations to Captain @AlisonHofman1 on her selection for promotion to Commodore