Deputy Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
{{short description|Deputy to the commander of the British Army}}
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| body = the General Staff
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| incumbent = Lieutenant General David Eastman
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| incumbentsince = June 2024
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| department = Army Headquarters
British Army
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| member_of = Army Board
| reports_to = Chief of the General Staff
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| nominator = Secretary of State for Defence
| appointer = The Monarch
| appointer_qualified = {{small|On the advice of the Prime Minister, subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council}}
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| precursor = Vice Chief of the General Staff
| formation = 1914, 2015
| first = Sir Henry Merrick Lawson
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| abbreviation = DCGS
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| deputy = Assistant Chief of the General Staff
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Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCGS) is the title of the deputy to the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army. From 1942 until 1968 the Deputy Chief was the third-ranking member of the General Staff, subordinate the Chief and Vice Chief. As of September 2015, the role of Deputy CGS is to be "responsible for representing the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) within Head Office and outwards to relevant TLBs and dependencies, provides oversight of the Army Operating Model and provides overall personnel policy direction as the Principal Personnel Officer (PPO)."{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/505519/Army_Sep_15_senior_data.csv/preview|title=Land Forces senior, as of September 2015|access-date=5 March 2016}}
Subordinate Commands
- Director Reserves
- Director Support
- Director Personnel
- Director Resources - civilian post
- Assistant Chief of the General Staff
- Chaplain-General
- Director Basing and Infrastructure
- Director Army Legal Services
- Director Capability
- Director Information
- Director Engagement and Communications
List of post-holders
Post-holders have been as follows:{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |title=Army Commands |access-date=12 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}
=Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff=
- Major-General Sir Henry Lawson November 1914 – January 1915
- Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray February 1915 – September 1915
- Major-General Sir Launcelot Kiggell November 1915 – December 1915
- Major-General Robert Whigham December 1915 – April 1918
- Major-General Sir Charles Harington 1918–1920
- Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode, 1920–1922
- Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Adam 1938–1939
- Major-General Hugh Massy 1939–1940
- Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Weeks 15 June 1942 – 29 May 1945
- Lieutenant-General Sir Sidney Kirkman 1945–1947
- Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth Crawford 1947–1949
- Lieutenant-General Sir John Whiteley 1949–1953
- Lieutenant-General Sir Dudley Ward 1953–1956
- Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Hull 1956–1958
- Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Pyman 1958–1961
- Lieutenant-General Sir John Anderson 1961–1963
- Lieutenant-General Sir John Hackett 1963–1966
- General Sir Charles Harington 1966–1968
- Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Freeland April 1968 – December 1968
=Deputy Chief of the General Staff=
- Lieutenant-General Mark Poffley Spring 2015 – December 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/20150622-RUSI_LWC_Programme_PUBLIC.pdf|title=Strategic Land Power|publisher=RUSI|access-date=17 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004180356/https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/20150622-RUSI_LWC_Programme_PUBLIC.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://investor.shareholder.com/jpmorganchase/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=919302 |title=J.P. Morgan Signs Armed Forces Corporate Covenant |publisher=Investor.shareholder.com |date=2015-06-25 |access-date=2015-08-17}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dsei.co.uk/Content/East-Theatre/18_145/ |title=DSEI 2015 - East Theatre (Land, Ministerial Keynote, Rising Stars) |publisher=Dsei.co.uk |access-date=2015-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829203227/http://www.dsei.co.uk/Content/East-Theatre/18_145/ |archive-date=2015-08-29 }}
- Lieutenant-General Nick Pope 2015–2019{{cite web|url=http://www.gurkhabde.com/qg-signals-bid-farewell-to-its-colonel-of-the-regt-maj-gen-n-a-w-pope-cbe/|title=QG Signals bid farewell to its Colonel of the Regt, Maj Gen N A W Pope CBE|publisher=Gurkha Brigade Association|date=10 December 2015|access-date=12 December 2015}}{{London Gazette|issue=61462|supp=y|page=107|date=5 January 2016}}
- Lieutenant-General Christopher Tickell 2019–2022{{London Gazette|issue= 62738|supp=y|page=14447|date=13 August 2019}}
- Lieutenant-General Dame Sharon Nesmith August 2022–June 2024{{cite web |title=Major General Sharon Nesmith appointed as the Army’s next Deputy Chief of the General Staff |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/04/major-general-sharon-nesmith-next-deputy-chief-of-the-general-staff/ |website=www.army.mod.uk |date=4 April 2022}}{{London Gazette |issue= 63787 |date= 16 August 2022 |page= 15558 |supp= y }}
- Lieutenant-General David Eastman June 2024–present{{cite web |title=Deputy Chief of the General Staff: Lieutenant General David Eastman MBE BEng(Hons) MSc CEng FIMechE |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-people/senior-leaders/deputy-chief-of-the-general-staff/ |website=army.mod.uk |publisher=British Army |access-date=20 June 2024}}
References
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