Field marshal (United Kingdom)

| Non-NATO rank = Marshal of the Royal Air Force (RAF)

Field marshal (FM) has been the highest rank in the British Army since 1736. A five-star rank with NATO code OF-10, it is equivalent to an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy or a Marshal of the Royal Air Force in the Royal Air Force (RAF). A Field Marshal's insignia consists of two crossed batons surrounded by yellow leaves below the Tudor Crown. Like Marshals of the Royal Air Force and Admirals of the Fleet, Field Marshals traditionally remain officers for life, though on half-pay when not in an appointment or retired. The rank has been used sporadically throughout its history, and was vacant during parts of the 18th and 19th centuries (when all former holders of the rank were deceased). After the Second World War, it became standard practice to appoint the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (later renamed Chief of the General Staff) to the rank on his last day in the post. Army officers occupying the post of Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of all the British Armed Forces, were usually promoted to the rank upon their appointment.

In total, 143 men have held the rank of field marshal. The majority led careers in the British Army or the colonial British Indian Army, rising through the ranks to eventually become a field marshal. Some members of the British royal family, most recently Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Charles III, were promoted to the rank after shorter periods of service. Three British monarchs (George V, Edward VIII, and George VI) assumed the rank on their accessions to the throne, while Edward VII and Charles III were already field marshals, and two British consorts, Albert, Prince Consort and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, were appointed by their respective queens. Other ceremonial appointments were made as diplomatic gestures. Twelve foreign monarchs have held the honour, though three (Wilhelm II, German Emperor; Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary; and Hirohito, Emperor of Japan) were stripped of it when their countries became enemies of Britain and its allies in the two world wars. Also awarded the rank were one Frenchman (Ferdinand Foch) and one Australian (Sir Thomas Blamey), honoured for their contributions in World War I and World War II respectively, and one South African statesman (Jan Smuts).

A report commissioned by the Ministry of Defence in 1995 made a number of recommendations for financial savings in the armed forces' budget, one of which was the abolition of all five-star ranks. Part of the rationale was that these ranks were disproportionate to the size of the forces commanded by these officers, and that none of the United Kingdom's close allies, such as the United States (which reserves the rank of general of the army for officers who have commanded large armies in major wars), used such ranks. The recommendation was not taken up in full, but the practice of promoting service chiefs to five-star ranks was stopped, and the ranks are now reserved for special circumstances. Sir Peter Inge was, in 1994, the last active officer to be promoted to the rank. Inge relinquished the post of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in 1997, and his successor, Sir Charles Guthrie, was the first officer not to be promoted upon appointment as CDS, although he was promoted to the honorary rank of field marshal in June 2012.

More promotions to field marshal came in 2012, eighteen years after the moratorium on routine promotions to the rank, when Queen Elizabeth II promoted Prince Charles, her son and heir, to the five-star ranks in all three services, in recognition of support provided for her in her capacity as Head of the British Armed Forces. At the same time, Guthrie, who relinquished the post of CDS and retired from active service in 2001, was promoted to honorary field marshal. In June 2014, former Chief of the Defence Staff Lord Walker of Aldringham was also promoted to honorary field marshal. The most recent promotions to the rank came in June 2025, when former Chiefs of the Defence Staff Lord Richards of Herstmonceux and Lord Houghton of Richmond were also promoted to the rank.

Although the rank of field marshal is not used in the Royal Marines, the insignia is used on the uniform of the Captain General, the ceremonial head of the corps (equivalent to colonel-in-chief).

Insignia of rank

The rank insignia of a field marshal in the British Army comprises two crossed batons in a wreath of laurel leaves, with a crown above. In some other countries, historically under the sphere of British influence, an adapted version of the insignia is used for field marshals, often with the crown being replaced with an alternative cultural or national emblem. On appointment, British field marshals are awarded a gold-tipped baton which they may carry on formal occasions.

List of field marshals

The vast majority of officers to hold the rank of field marshal were professional soldiers in the British Army, though eleven served as officers in the British Indian Army. At least fifty-seven field marshals were wounded in battle earlier in their careers, of whom 24 were wounded more than once, and eight had been prisoners of war. Fifteen future field marshals were present at the Battle of Vitoria, where the Duke of Wellington earned the rank, and ten others served under Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo. However, only thirty-eight held independent commands in the field, and just twelve served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (the pre-1904 professional head of the army) or Chief of the Imperial General Staff during a major war.

Four field marshals (Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir George White, Earl Roberts, and Lord Gort) had previously received the Victoria Cross (VC), the United Kingdom's highest and most prestigious award for gallantry 'in the face of the enemy'. Wood, a famously injury-prone officer, was awarded the VC for two actions in 1858, in which he first attacked a group of rebels in India, and later rescued an informant from another group of rebels. White, a cavalry officer, led two charges on enemy guns in Afghanistan in 1879, while Gort, of the Grenadier Guards, commanded a series of attacks while severely wounded during the First World War in 1918. Roberts received his VC for actions during the Indian Mutiny.

Wellington, 44 at the time of his promotion, was the youngest non-royal officer to earn the rank of field marshal. The 1st Marquess of Drogheda was the oldest, promoted at the age of 91, while a further twenty-three officers were promoted to field marshal in their eighties. Wellington was also the only field marshal to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

No officer whose career was spent in the British Army has ever reached the rank of field marshal without having served in the cavalry, infantry, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Artillery, or Royal Engineers. One non-British officer has been appointed field marshal in the British Army; Ferdinand Foch of France, in recognition of his contributions in the First World War, while one, Sir William Robertson, held every rank in the British Army, from private soldier to field marshal.

Name and style	Regiment	Image	Born	Promotion date	Died	William II	King Edward VII	Wilhelm II, German Emperor	Franz Joseph I of Austria	King George V	Nicholas II of Russia	Albert I of Belgium	Alfonso XIII of Spain	Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)	King Edward VIII	King George VI	Haile Selassie
Royal Regiment of Foot	[[File:1stEarlOfOrkney.jpg	100px	alt=George Douglas-Hamilton]]	1666		1737
Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot	[[File:John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Duke of Greenwich by William Aikman.jpg	100px	alt=John Campbell]]	1680		1743
Horse Guards Regiment	[[File:Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg	100px	alt=Richard Boyle]]	1674		1740
		1672	1739
26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot	[[File:John Dalrymple 2nd Earl of Stair (1673-1747) General and Diplomat.jpg	100px	alt=John Dalrymple]]	1673		1747
6th Regiment of Foot	[[File:Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham by Jean Baptiste van Loo.jpg	100px	alt=Richard Temple]]	1669		1749
Earl of Bath's Regiment	[[File:Attributed to Johan van Diest - Field-Marshal George Wade, 1673 - 1748. Commander-in-chief in Scotland - Google Art Project.jpg	100px	alt=George Wade]]	1673	1748
Grenadier Guards (1st Foot Guards)	[[File:William Aikman (1682-1731) - Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich (1685–1768), 4th Bt - 355567 - National Trust.jpg	100px]]	1685		1768
Royal Scots	[[File:Lord Molesworth, English School 18th century.jpg	100px	alt=Richard Molesworth]]	1680		1758
10th Regiment of Foot	[[File:1st Earl Ligonier.jpg	100px	alt=John Ligonier]]	1680		1770
39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot		1690		1773
5th Royal Irish Lancers	[[File:Henryseymour.jpg	100px	alt=Henry Seymour Conway]]	1721		1794
13th Regiment of Foot	[[File:WilliamHenryDukeOfGloucesterThomasGainsborough.jpg	100px	alt=Prince William Henry]]	1743	1805
24th Regiment of Foot	[[File:Lieutenant-General (later Field Marshal Sir) George Howard (1718– c.1796), c.1762.jpg	100px	alt=George Howard]]	1720	1796
Grenadier Guards	[[File:Frederick, Duke of York 1800-1820.jpg	100px	alt=Prince Frederick]]	1763		1827
Royal Scots Fusiliers	[[File:John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723-1806) by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg	100px	alt=John Campbell]]	1723		1806
Grenadier Guards	[[File:Jeffreyamherst.jpg	100px	alt=Jeffery Amherst]]	1717	1797
Scots Guards	[[File:Sir John Griffin Griffin, 4th Lord Howard de Walden.jpg	100px	alt=John Griffin]]	1719	1797
Grenadier Guards	[[File:Studholme Hodgson-cropped.jpg	100px	Studholme Hodgson]]	1708	1798
7th Queen's Own Hussars	[[File:George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend, attributed to Gilbert Stuart, c. 1786 - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC00271 (cropped).JPG	100px	alt=George Townshend]]	1724	1807
Coldstream Guards		1729	1803
Coldstream Guards	[[File:Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond.jpg	100px	alt=Charles Lennox]]	1735	1806
Royal Fusiliers	[[File:Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Sir William Beechey.jpg	100px	alt=Prince Edward]]	1767		1820
33rd Regiment of Foot	[[File:Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.png	100px	alt=Arthur Wellesley]]	1769		1852
— (Royal Family;
afterwards King of Hanover)	[[File:Ernest Augustus by Fischer 1823.jpg	100px	alt=Ernest Augustus I]]	1771		1851
Hanoverian Guards	[[File:Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, KG (1774-1850).jpg	100px	alt=Prince Adolphus]]	1774		1850
Scots Guards	[[File:2ndDukeOfGloucester.jpg	100px	alt=Prince William Frederick]]	1776		1834
— (Royal Family;
afterwards King of the Belgians)	[[File:Saksen-Koburg Leopold-2a.jpeg	100px	alt=Leopold I]]	1790	1865
12th Dragoons	[[File:Portrait of Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda.jpg	100px	alt=Charles Moore]]	1730		1821
Grenadier Guards	[[File:William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt.jpg	100px	alt=William Harcourt]]	1743	1830
50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot	[[File:Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke.jpg	100px	alt=Alured Clarke]]	1745		1832
Grenadier Guards	[[File:Portrait of Sir Samuel Hulse-detail.jpg	100px	alt=Samuel Hulse]]	1747 or 1748	1837
— (Royal Family)	[[File:Prince Albert - Franz Xaver Winterhalter 1842.jpg	100px	alt=Prince Albert]]	1819		1861
— (King of the Netherlands)	[[File:King Willem II.jpg	100px	alt=William II]]	1792		1849
39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot	[[File:Sir-George-Nugent-1st-Bt (cropped).jpg	100px	alt=George Nugent]]	1757		1849
Grenadier Guards	[[File:Thomas Grosvenor by Robert Bowyer.jpg	100px	alt=Thomas Grosvenor]]	1764	1851
80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)	[[File:Op77.jpg	100px	alt=Henry Paget]]	1768	1854
4th Light Dragoons	[[File:Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan by William Salter.jpg	100px	alt=FitzRoy Somerse]]	1788		1855
23rd Regiment of Foot	[[File:Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere by Mary Martha Pearson (née Dutton).jpg	100px	alt=Stapleton Cotton]]	1773		1865
33rd Regiment of Foot	[[File:John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford by William Salter.jpg	100px	alt=Stapleton Cotton]]	1772	1860
Queen's Rangers	[[File:Henryhardinge.jpg	100px	alt=Henry Hardinge]]	1785	1856
East Devonshire Regiment	[[File:John Colborne.jpg	100px	alt=John Colborne]]	1779		1863
99th Regiment of Foot	[[File:Field Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney.jpg	100px	alt=Edward Blakeney]]	1778		1868
Seaforth Highlanders	[[File:Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, 1850.png	100px	alt=Hugh Gough]]	1779	1869
12th Royal Lancers	[[File:George 2nd Cambridge.png	100px	alt=Prince George]]	1819	1904
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	[[File:Lord-clyde.jpg	100px	alt=Colin Campbell]]	1792	1863
[[File:Alexander Woodford.png	100px	alt=Alexander Woodford]]	1782		1870
[[File:Sir William Maynard Gomm by William Salter.jpg	100px	alt=William Gomm]]	1784	1875
Royal Artillery	[[File:Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross by Thomas Heaphy.jpg	100px	alt=Hew Ross]]	1779	1868
Royal Engineers	[[File:John-fox-burgoyne.jpg	100px	alt=John Burgoyne]]	1782	1871
Bengal Artillery	[[File:Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet(3 4 Profile).jpg	100px	alt=George Pollock]]	1786		1872
— (retired)		1785		1877
Grenadier Guards	[[File:8thMarquessOfTweeddale.jpg	100px	alt=George Hay]]	1787	1876
— (Royal Family)	[[File:Edward VII in coronation robes.jpg	100px	alt=Edward VII]]	1841	1910
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot	[[File:Sir William Rowan.jpg	100px	alt=William Rowan]]	1789		1879
35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot	[[File:Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke.jpg	100px	alt=Charles Yorke]]	1790	1880
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	[[File:Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn.png	100px	alt=Hugh Rose]]	1801	1885
Bengal Engineer Group	[[File:Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala - Project Gutenberg eText 16528.png	100px	alt=Robert Napier]]	1810		1890
11th Bengal Native Infantry	[[File:Patrick Grant.jpg	100px	alt=Patrick Grant]]	1804		1895
64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	[[File:John-michel-by-william-notman.jpg	100px	alt=John Michel]]	1804		1886
Royal Artillery	[[File:Richard James Dacres.jpg	100px	alt=Richard Dacres]]	1799	1886
85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)	[[File:Lord William Paulet.jpg	100px	alt=William Paulet]]	1804		1893
6th Regiment of Foot	[[File:George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan.png	100px	alt=George Bingham]]	1800		1888
Royal Engineers	[[File:SirJohnLintonSimmons.jpg	100px	alt=Lintorn Simmons]]	1821		1903
4th Regiment of Foot	[[File:Frederick Haines.jpg	100px	alt=Frederick Haines]]	1818	1909
9th Bengal Native Infantry	[[File:Donald Martin Stewart.jpg	100px	alt=Donald Stewart]]	1824		1900
12th Regiment of Foot	[[File:Garnet Wolseley.jpg	100px	alt=Garnet Wolseley]]	1833	1913
Bengal Artillery	[[File:Frederick Roberts.jpg	100px	alt=Frederick Roberts]]	1832		1914
67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot	[[File:Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar 1855.jpg	100px	alt=Prince Edward]]	1823		1902
55th Bengal Native Infantry	[[File:Field Marshal Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain.jpg	100px	alt=Neville Chamberlain]]	1820		1902
— (German Emperor; King of Prussia)	[[File:Arthur Stockdale Cope - Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany 1905.jpg	100px	alt=Wilhelm II]]	1859		1941
1st Bengal Native Infantry	[[File:StateLibQld 1 113832 Sir Henry Wylie Norman.jpg	100px	alt=Henry Norman]]	1826		1904
Royal Engineers	[[File:Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught.jpg	100px	alt=Prince Arthur]]	1850	1942
13th Light Dragoons	[[File:Wood-evelyn.jpg	100px	alt=Evelyn Wood]]	1838		1919
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot	[[File:George Stewart White-001.jpg	100px	alt=George White]]	1835	1912
— (Emperor of Austria; King of Hungary)	[[File:TomvonDregerFranzJosephSchönbrunn.jpg	100px	alt=Franz Joseph I]]	1830		1916
King's Royal Rifle Corps	[[File:Francis Wallace Grenfell c.1900 ver 02.jpg	100px	alt=Francis Grenfell]]	1841		1925
51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)	[[File:Charles Brownlow.jpg	100px	alt=Charles Brownlow]]	1831		1916
Royal Engineers	[[File:Horatio Herbert Kitchener (cropped).jpg	100px	alt=Herbert Kitchener]]	1850		1916
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Ex officio — (Royal Family)	[[File:King George 1923 LCCN2014715558 (cropped).jpg	100px	alt=George V]]	1865		1936
Scots Guards	[[File:Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen.png	100px	alt=Paul Methuen]]	1845		1932
Royal Engineers	[[File:Wnicholson.jpg	100px	alt=William Nicholson]]	1845	1918
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars	[[File:Field Marshal Sir John French 2.jpg	100px	alt=John French]]	1852		1925
— (Emperor of Russia)	[[File:Nicholas II of Russia painted by Earnest Lipgart.jpg	100px	alt=Nicholas II]]	1868		1918
7th Queen's Own Hussars	[[File:Douglas Haig.jpg	100px	alt=Douglas Haig]]	1861		1928
31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot	[[File:Sir Charles Egerton.jpg	100px	alt= Sir Charles Egerton]]	1848		1921
— (Emperor of Japan)	[[File:Emperor Taishō.jpg	100px	alt=Taishō]]	1879		1926
35th Artillery Regiment – (French Army)	[[File:Foch.jpg	100px	alt=Ferdinand Foch]]	1851		1929
York and Lancaster Regiment	[[File:Gen sir herbert plumer.jpg	100px	alt=Herbert Plumer]]	1857		1932
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons	[[File:Edmund Allenby.jpg	100px	alt=Edmund Allenby]]	1861	1936
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	[[File:Henry Hughes Wilson, British general, photo portrait standing in uniform.jpg	100px	alt=Henry Wilson]]	1864	1922
3rd Dragoon Guards	[[File:Sir William Robertson.jpg	100px	alt=William Robertson]]	1860		1933
5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)	[[File:Field Marshal Sir Arthur Barrett.jpg	100px	alt=Arthur Barrett]]	1857		1926
— (King of the Belgians)	[[File:Albert I Koning der Belgen.jpg	100px	alt=Albert I]]	1875		1934
Royal Scots Fusiliers	[[File:William Birdwood.jpg	100px	alt=William Birdwood]]	1865		1951
Worcestershire Regiment	[[File:LtGen Claud William Jacob.jpg	100px	alt=Claud Jacob]]	1863		1948
Royal Artillery	[[File:George Francis Milne.jpg	100px	alt=George Milne]]	1866		1948
— (King of Spain)	[[File:Alfonso XIII in uniform of a British Field Marshall.jpg	100px	alt=Alfonso XIII]]	1886		1941
— (Emperor of Japan)	[[File:Hirohito in dress uniform.jpg	100px	alt=Hirohito]]	1901		1989
King's Royal Rifle Corps	[[File:Julian Byng.jpg	100px	alt=Julian Byng]]	1861		1935
Grenadier Guards	[[File:Earl of Cavan.jpg	100px	alt=Rudolph Lambart]]	1865		1946
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	[[File:Philipchetwode.jpg	100px	alt=Philip Chetwode]]	1869		1950
Royal Artillery	[[File:Mmassingberd.jpg	100px	alt=Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd]]	1871		1947
Ex officio— (Royal Family)	[[File:Edward Prince of Wales during his visit to Canada in 1919.jpg	100px	alt=Edward VIII]]	1894		1972
West Yorkshire Regiment	[[File:Sir Cyril John Deverell.jpg	100px	alt=Cyril Deverell]]	1874		1947
Ex officio— (Royal Family)	[[File:King George VI of England, formal photo portrait, circa 1940-1946.jpg	100px	alt=George VI]]	1895		1952
Royal Artillery	[[File:Edmund Ironside.jpg	100px	alt=Edmund Ironside]]	1880		1959
— (South African Army)	[[File:JanSmutsFM.png	100px	alt=Jan Smuts]]	1870		1950
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment	[[File:The British Army in North Africa, 1941 E2384E.jpg	100px	alt=John Dill]]	1881		1944
Grenadier Guards	[[File:General the Viscount Gort Vc, Gcb, Cbe, Dso, Mvo, Mc Art.IWMARTLD730.jpg	100px	alt=John Vereker]]	1886		1946
Black Watch	[[File:Archibald Wavell2.jpg	100px	alt=Archibald Wavell]]	1883	1950
Royal Artillery	[[File:Alan Brooke at desk 1942.jpg	100px	alt=Alan Brooke]]	1883		1963
Irish Guards	[[File:Harold Alexander E010750678-v8.jpg	100px	alt=Harold Alexander]]	1891		1969
Royal Warwickshire Regiment	[[File:Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, 1944 TR2721.jpg	100px	alt=Bernard Montgomery]]	1887		1976
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	[[File:Hmwilson1944.jpg	100px	alt=Henry Maitland Wilson]]	1881		1964
62nd Punjabis (Indian Army)	[[File:Auchinleck.jpg	100px	alt=Claude Auchinleck]]	1884		1981
Royal Warwickshire Regiment	[[File:FM william Slim.jpg	100px	alt=William Slim]]	1891		1970
— (Australian Army)	[[File:Blamey.jpg	100px	alt=Thomas Blamey]]	1884		1951
Royal Navy – (Royal Family)	[[File:Prince Philip of Edinburgh.jpg	100px	alt=Prince Philip]]	1921		2021
Somerset Light Infantry	[[File:Jharding.jpg	100px	alt=John Harding]]	1896		1989
King's Royal Rifle Corps	[[File:Dukeofgloucester.jpg	100px	alt=Prince Henry]]	1900		1974
Royal Irish Fusiliers	[[File:Sir gerald templer.gif	100px	alt=Gerald Templer]]	1898		1979
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)	[[File:Ffesting.jpg	100px	alt=Francis Festing]]	1902		1976
— (King of Nepal)	[[File:Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah.jpg	100px	alt=Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah]]	1920		1972
— (Emperor of Ethiopia)	[[File:Haile Selassie in full dress (cropped).jpg	100px	alt=Haile Selassie I]]	1892		1975
17th/21st Lancers	[[File:General Sir Richard Hull speaks to officers (cropped).jpg	100px	alt=Sir Richard Hull]]	1907		1989
Seaforth Highlanders		1907		1996
Royal Artillery	[[File:GHB Constable of HM The Tower of London photo frame size.jpg	100px	alt=Sir Geoffrey Baker]]	1912		1980
Royal Tank Corps		1915		2001
King's Royal Rifle Corps		1921		2004
— (King of Nepal)	[[File:Birendra Bir Bikram Shah.jpg	100px	alt=Birendra Bir Bikram Shah]]	1945		2001
King's Royal Rifle Corps	[[File:Lord Bramall.jpg	100px	alt=Edwin Bramall]]	1923		2019
7th Queen's Own Hussars		1925		2007
Green Howards		1927		2002
Royal Artillery		1931		2018
2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)		1931		2022
Royal Scots Greys – (Royal Family)	[[File:Duke of Kent2013,6.jpg	100px	alt=Prince Edward]]	1935		living
Green Howards	[[File:Field Marshal Sir Peter Inge KG, GCB.JPG	100px	alt=Peter Inge]]	1935		2022
Welsh Guards, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force
Ex officio – (Royal Family)	[[File:Charles III (No. 4 Dress) Salute 2024.jpg	alt=Charles, Prince of Wales	133x133px]]	1948		living
Welsh Guards	[[File:General Guthrie.jpg	100px	alt=Charles Guthrie]]	1938	2025
Royal Anglian Regiment	[[File:General Sir Michael Walker.png	100px	alt=Michael Walker]]	1944		living
Royal Artillery	[[File:Gen. Sir David Richards at NATO Summit in Chicago May 20, 2012.jpg	alt=David Richards	133x133px]]	1952	url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4904828	title=Notice 4904828	publisher=London Gazette	access-date=14 June 2025}}	living
Green Howards	[[File:Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB, CBE, ADC Gen. MOD 45155682.jpg	alt=Nicholas Houghton	150x150px]]	1954	14 June 2025	living