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The Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS ) is the deputy to the Chief of the Defence Staff , the professional head of the British Armed Forces .[1] The position was titled Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff before 1964.[2] From 1966 to 1978 the post was occupied by a 3 star officer . From 1978 onwards the post has been held by a 4 star officer .
List of Vice Chiefs of the Defence Staff [ ]
These are:[2]
RankWhile in appointment
Name
Branch
Appointed
Relinquished appointment
Air Chief Marshal
Sir Alfred Earle GBE, CB
Royal Air Force
February 1964
May 1966
Lieutenant-General
Sir George Cole KCB, CBE
British Army
May 1966
November 1967
Vice-Admiral
Sir Ian Hogg KCB, DSC*
Royal Navy
November 1967
March 1970
Air Marshal
Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC
Royal Air Force
March 1970
February 1972
Lieutenant-General
Sir John Gibbon GCB, OBE
British Army
February 1972
January 1974
Air Marshal
Sir Peter Le Cheminant KCB, DFC*
Royal Air Force
January 1974
January 1976
Vice-Admiral
Sir Henry Leach KCB
Royal Navy
January 1976
March 1977
Vice-Admiral
Sir Anthony Morton KCB
Royal Navy
March 1977
April 1978
General
Sir Edwin Bramall KCB, OBE, MC
British Army
April 1978
May 1979
General
Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson GCB
British Army
May 1979
June 1981
Air Chief Marshal
Sir David Evans GCB, CBE
Royal Air Force
June 1981
June 1983
Admiral
Sir Peter Herbert KCB, OBE
Royal Navy
June 1983
January 1985
Air Chief Marshal
Sir Peter Harding KCB
Royal Air Force
January 1985
August 1985
Air Chief Marshal
Sir Patrick Hine KCB
Royal Air Force
August 1985
October 1987
General
Sir Richard Vincent KCB, DSO
British Army
October 1987
March 1991
Admiral
Sir Benjamin Bathurst GCB
Royal Navy
March 1991
January 1993
Admiral
Sir John Slater GCB, LVO
Royal Navy
January 1993
April 1995
Air Chief Marshal
Sir John Willis GBE, KCB
Royal Air Force
April 1995
October 1997
Admiral
Sir Peter Abbott GBE, KCB
Royal Navy
October 1997
May 2001
Air Chief Marshal
Sir Anthony Bagnall GBE, KCB
Royal Air Force
May 2001
July 2005
General
Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman GBE, KCB
British Army
July 2005
May 2009
General
Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB, CBE
British Army
May 2009
May 2013
Air Chief Marshal
Sir Stuart Peach GBE, KCB
Royal Air Force
May 2013
May 2016
General
Sir Gordon Messenger KCB, DSO*, OBE, ADC
Royal Marines
May 2016
May 2019
Admiral
Sir Timothy Fraser KCB, ADC
Royal Navy
May 2019
Present
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