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Commandant General Royal Marines
The Commandant General Royal Marines is the professional head of the Royal Marines. The title has existed since 1943. The role is held by a General who is assisted by a Deputy Commandant General, with the rank of brigadier. This position is not to be confused with Captain General Royal Marines, the ceremonial head. The Commandant General Royal Marines is the counterpart to the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. History In 1760 three naval captains were appointed colonels of marines. However, these were naval officers and it meant that the furthest a marine officer could advance was to lieutenant colonel. It was not until 1771 that commandants of the three divisions (Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham) were appointed. The first single professional head of the Royal Marine Forces was the Deputy Adjutant-General, a post which existed from 1825 until 1914 when the post was re-designated the Adjutant-General: the post holder usually held the rank of full general. Since 1943 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyn Jenkins
General Gwyn Jenkins, is a senior Royal Marines officer, serving as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff since August 2022. He was concurrently appointed Commandant General Royal Marines in November 2022. Early life and education Jenkins was educated at Malmesbury School. He graduated from the Military College Shrivenham in 2004, where he completed a master's degree in Defence Studies. Military career Jenkins was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1990. He spent time as a junior officer in the Commando Logistics Regiment and on operations in Northern Ireland with 42 Commando. Jenkins became commanding officer of his unit in 2009. He was promoted to colonel and deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 before becoming Military Assistant to the Prime Minister in 2012. He went on to become Deputy National Security Adviser for Conflict, Stability and Defence in 2016, commander 3 Commando Brigade in 2017, and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) in 2019. Jenkins was appointed a Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatham, Kent
Chatham ( ) is a town located within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham. The town developed around Chatham Dockyard and several Army barracks, together with 19th-century forts which provided a defensive shield for the dockyard. The Corps of Royal Engineers is still based in Chatham at Brompton Barracks. The Dockyard closed in 1984, but the remaining major naval buildings are an attraction for a flourishing tourist industry. Following closure, part of the site was developed as a commercial port, other parts were redeveloped for business and residential use, and part was used as the Chatham Historic Dockyard museum. Its attractions include the submarine . The town has important road links and the railway and bus stations are the main interchanges for the area. It is the administrative headquarters of Medway unitary authority, as well as its pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Sutton Jones
General Sir Howard Sutton Jones (10 February 1835 – 8 December 1912) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Jones was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 3 August 1853. After serving in the Crimean War, he served on the Pacific Station dealing with boundary issues, before moving to the Fraser River in British Columbia where he faced with rioting miners. He then commanded a battalion in Ireland dealing with protestors from the Irish National Land League before serving as a staff officer at the actions at Kassassin and Tel-el-Mahuta and at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir in September 1882 during the Anglo-Egyptian War The British conquest of Egypt (1882), also known as Anglo-Egyptian War (), occurred in 1882 between Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed ‘Urabi and the United Kingdom. It ended a nationalist uprising against the Khedive Tewfik Pasha. It .... He became colonel second commandant of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John William Collman Williams
General Sir John William Collman Williams (29 August 1823 – 21 July 1911) was a Royal Marines officer who served as deputy adjutant-general Royal Marines. Military career The son of Dr. John Williams of the Royal Navy, Williams was commissioned into the Royal Marines on 7 July 1842. He became assistant adjutant of Royal Marine Forces in November 1867, second commandant of the Royal Marine Artillery in April 1870 and commandant of the Royal Marine Artillery in October 1872. He went on to be deputy adjutant-general Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in September 1883 before retiring in August 1888. He died in Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ... on 21 July 1911. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, John 1823 births 1911 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Adair (Royal Marines Officer)
General Sir Charles William Adair (15 April 1822 – 27 December 1897) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Adair was born in Plymouth, the son of Maj.-Gen. Thomas Benjamin Adair Adair was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Marines on 12 February 1842. He became colonel and second commandant at the Chatham Division on 16 February 1872, Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces on 30 October 1872. and colonel-commandant of the Portsmouth Division on 29 July 1876. He went on to be Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in September 1878 before retiring in September 1883. He was appointed ''Aide-de-Camp'' to the Queen in 1870. In 1871, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Brydges Rodney (Royal Marines Officer)
Lieutenant General George Brydges Rodney, (1821 – 8 July 1895) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Rodney was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. After serving as a junior officer in the First Carlist War, he saw action as a brigade major at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854, at the Siege of Sevastopol in Winter 1854 and at the Battle of Kinburn in October 1855 during the Crimean War. Rodney became Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces on 28 May 1863, colonel second commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry and commander of the Royal Marine Depot, Deal in November 1867 and colonel-commandant of the Chatham Division on 18 September 1873. Rodney went on to be Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in August 1875 before retiring in September 1878. Family Rodney was the son of Captain Hon. John Rodney and grandson of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Augustus Schomberg
General Sir George Augustus Schomberg (5 October 1821 – 5 December 1907) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Born the son of Admiral Alexander Wilmot Schomberg, Schomberg was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery. He served in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War and then commanded the Royal Marine Artillery in China during the Second Opium War The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Sino War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted the British Empire and the French Emp .... He became colonel commandant of the Royal Marine Artillery on 10 April 1867 and then went on to be Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in July 1872 before retiring in August 1875. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Schomberg, George 1821 births 1907 deaths Royal Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Lowder
General Samuel Netterville Lowder, (1813 – 4 June 1891) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Lowder was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He commanded a unit of marines which secured the island of Kotka on the coast of Finland during the Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ... and then commanded a battalion of marines providing support to French forces during the French intervention in Mexico in 1863. He became colonel second commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in November 1864, colonel commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1866 and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in July 1867 before retiring in J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Colt Langley
General Sir George Colt Langley, (8 November 1810 – 28 December 1896) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Langley was born in Bristol, the eighth of 12 children born to John Langley and Annabella Claringbold. Educated at Adams' Grammar School, Langley was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He commanded a detachment of marines off the coast of Spain during the First Carlist War The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1840, the first of three Carlist Wars. It was fought between two factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish monarchy: the conservative a .... He became Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces in December 1854 and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in January 1862 before retiring in July 1867. Personal life His wife Maria Catherine Langley died i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Robert Wesley
Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Robert Wesley ( – 5 January 1877) was an Anglo-Irish Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Early life Wesley was the son Robert Wesley and Ellen Butt of Lismoat or Lismote Castle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland, where he was born around 1791. Military career Wesley was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery. He saw action in Spain during the First Carlist War before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces. He became Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in December 1854 and directed the involvement of the Royal Marines during the Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ... before retiring in January 1862. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Owen (Royal Marines Officer)
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Sir John Owen, (1777–1857) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines, Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Owen was commissioned into the Royal Marines. He commanded a marine battalion which repulsed an enemy force four times its size near San Sebastián in Spain in March 1836 during the First Carlist War. He became Commandant General Royal Marines, Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in November 1836, before retiring in December 1854. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen John 1777 births 1857 deaths Royal Marines generals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Military personnel of the First Carlist War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boscawen Savage
Major-General Sir John Boscawen Savage (23 February 1760 – 8 March 1843) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Savage was commissioned into the Royal Marines in January 1777. He first saw action at the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1779 but fought again at the action of 8 January 1780 off Cape Finisterre and at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent later in the month during the Anglo-Spanish War. He saw combat again at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797, at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and at the Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars. He became colonel commandant of the Chatham division in June 1825 and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in March 1831 remaining in that post until shortly before he was promoted to major-general in January 1837. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath The Most H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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