Academy sergeant major
{{Short description|Senior non-commissioned officer instructor at a military academy}}
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The academy sergeant majorNote that in the British Army, the plural is "academy sergeant majors" and not "academy sergeants major". {{London Gazette |issue=48587 |date=16 April 1981 |page=5671 |supp=y }} {{London Gazette |issue=25044 |date=2 December 1881 |page=6467 }} The earliest usage of "sergeant majors" in The Times is in 1822. The last of the (very occasional) usages of "sergeants major", except when referring to American NCOs, is in 1938. is the senior non-commissioned officer instructor at a military academy.
British Army
At the British Army's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the academy sergeant major (AcSM)ASM in the British Army stands for artificer sergeant major, an appointment in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. holds the rank of warrant officer class 1. Almost always held by a guardsman, it is one of the most senior warrant officer appointments in the British Army.
=List of academy sergeant majors=
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2021}}
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = JC Lord{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MVO|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Lord, JC
| party = Grenadier Guards
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| term_start = December 1960
| term_end = August 1963
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = CH Phillips{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Phillips, CH
| party = Welsh Guards
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| term_start = August 1963
| term_end = December 1970
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = RP Huggins{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Huggins, RP
| party = Grenadier Guards
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| term_start = December 1970
| term_end = February 1980
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = DP Cleary{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Cleary, DP
| party = Irish Guards
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| term_start = February 1980
| term_end = September 1987
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = M Nesbitt
| officeholder_sort = Nesbitt, M
| party = Grenadier Guards
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| term_start = September 1987
| term_end = August 1993
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = DL Cox
| officeholder_sort = Cox, DL
| party = Grenadier Guards
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| term_start = August 1993
| term_end = August 1994
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = RH McCormack
| officeholder_sort = McCormack, RH
| party = Coldstream Guards
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| term_start = September 1994
| term_end = April 1997
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = AJ Crawford{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Crawford, AJ
| party = Scots Guards
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| term_start = May 1997
| term_end = April 2000
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = R Convery
| officeholder_sort = Convery, R
| party = Scots Guards
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| term_start = April 2000
| term_end = December 2002
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = M Gaunt {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Gaunt, M
| party = Grenadier Guards
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| died_year =
| term_start = December 2002
| term_end = August 2005
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = Simon Nichols {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Nichols, Simon
| party = Irish Guards
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| term_start = August 2005
| term_end = August 2007
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = P.J Carr
| officeholder_sort = Carr, P.J
| party = Coldstream Guards
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| term_start = August 2007
| term_end = April 2010
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = Ross Martin
| officeholder_sort = Martin, Ross
| party = Irish Guards
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| term_start = April 2010
| term_end = December 2011
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = Andrew 'Vern' Stokes {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MVO|MSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Stokes, Andrew
| party = Coldstream Guards
| officeholder_note = {{cite web |title=WO1 (GSM) Andrew 'Vern' Stokes, Coldstream Guards |url=http://www.trooping-the-colour.co.uk/gsm/astokes.htm |website=Trooping the Colour |access-date=7 July 2021}}
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| term_start = December 2011
| term_end = 2014
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = Glenn Haughton {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Haughton, Glenn
| party = Grenadier Guards
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| born_year = 1972
| died_year =
| term_start = January 2014
| term_end = 2015
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = D Macphee
| officeholder_sort = Macphee, D
| party = Scots Guards
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| born_year = 1972
| died_year =
| term_start = April 2015
| term_end = April 2017
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = Carl Taylor
| officeholder_sort = Taylor, Carl
| party = Welsh Guards
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| term_start = April 2017
| term_end = January 2021
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = Andy Purcell
| officeholder_sort = Purcell, Andy
| party = Irish Guards
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| term_start = April 2017
| term_end = August 2021
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = Colin Kirkwood
| officeholder_sort = Kirkwood, Colin
| party = Scots Guards
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| term_start = August 2021
| term_end = April 2023
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| military_rank = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder = Daniel Cope
| officeholder_sort = Cope, Daniel
| party = Welsh Guards
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| died_year =
| term_start = April 2023
| term_end = Present
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Australian Defence Force
At the Australian Defence Force Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) also holds the rank of warrant officer class 1 or equivalent and is drawn on rotation from all three services.
Sri Lanka Army
At the Sri Lanka Military Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) is of the rank of warrant officer class I.
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References
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Category:Military appointments of the British Army
Category:Military appointments of Australia
Category:Guards Division (United Kingdom)
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