This is a list of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines. It includes currently serving Royal Marine generals, lieutenant-generals, major-generals and brigadiers. Generals Name Photo Appointment Honours Date of promotion Ref Sir Gwyn Jenkins First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Commandant General Royal Marines KCB, OBE, ADC 30 August 2022 Sir Robert Andrew Magowan Commander Cyber & Specialist Operations Command KCB, CBE 3 March 2026
Lieutenant-Generals Name Photo Appointment Honours Date of promotion Ref
Major-Generals Name Photo Appointment Honours Date of promotion Ref Paul Patrick Lynch Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence, NATO CB, MC 7 August 2023 Duncan G. Forbes Chief of Staff, Military Strategic Headquarters 11 March 2024 Richard John Cantrill Commander Operations OBE, MC 6 May 2024 Philip Mark Totten Director Naval Staff CBE 28 May 2024 Anthony R. Turner Deputy Commander, Allied Special Operations Forces Command 17 June 2024 Paul Andrew Maynard Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) & Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines OBE ADC 26 March 2025
Brigadiers Name Photo Appointment Honours Date of promotion Ref Michael John Tanner OBE 20 February 2020 Andrew R. Muddiman Naval Regional Commander Scotland and Northern Ireland ADC 2021 James Fraser Roylance Chief Technology Officer, Navy Command 4 July 2022 Andrew P. L. Watkins Deputy Director of Plans, United States Central Command 19 June 2023 Christopher E. Haw Director, Commando Force Programme MC 25 September 2023 Richard C. Morris OBE 27 September 2023 Benjamin E. Halsted Deputy Commanding General Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve MBE 20 October 2023 James A. Dennis Assistant Chief of Staff Communications (J6), Permanent Joint Headquarters Assistant Commandant General Royal Marines 6 November 2023 Jonathan J. Sear UK Defence Attaché to Germany 6 April 2024 Jamie M. Norman Commander, UK Commando Force DSO, OBE 29 April 2024 Richard Alston Director of Integrated Effects, Ministry of Defence OBE 23 September 2024 Simon M. Rogers Director Operational Advantage Centre OBE 17 March 2025 James A. E. Lewis Assistant Chief of Staff, Crisis and Deliberate Planning (J5), Permanent Joint Headquarters OBE 28 April 2025 Andrew J. R. Dow 24 November 2025 Innes C. Catton 1 June 2026
See also
List of Royal Marines full generals List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy List of serving senior officers of the British Army List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force
References