Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCGS) is the title of the deputy to the

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, the professional head of the

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. From 1942 until 1968 the Deputy Chief was the third-ranking member of the General Staff, subordinate the Chief and

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. 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)."

Subordinate Commands

The commands under DCGS include: * 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:

Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff

* Major-General Sir

Henry Lawson Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial perio ...

November 1914 – January 1915 * Lieutenant-General Sir

Archibald Murray General Sir Archibald James Murray, (23 April 1860 – 21 January 1945) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War. He was Chief of Staff to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in August 1914 but ap ...

February 1915 – September 1915 * Major-General Sir

Launcelot Kiggell Lieutenant-General Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell, (2 October 1862 – 23 February 1954) was an Irish-born British Army officer who was Chief of the General Staff (CGS) for the British Armies in France under Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig from la ...

November 1915 – December 1915 * Major-General Robert Whigham December 1915 – April 1918 * Major-General Sir Charles Harington 1918–1920 * Lieutenant-General Sir

Philip Chetwode Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, (21 September 1869 – 6 July 1950), was a senior British Army officer. He saw action during the Second Boer War, during which he was present at the Siege of Ladys ...

, 1920–1922 * Lieutenant-General Sir

Ronald Adam General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet, (30 October 1885 – 26 December 1982) was a senior British Army officer. He had an important influence on the conduct of the British Army during the Second World War as a result of his long tenure ...

1938–1939 * Major-General Hugh Massy 1939–1940 * Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Weeks 15 June 1942 – 29 May 1945 * Lieutenant-General Sir

Sidney Kirkman General Sir Sidney Chevalier Kirkman, (29 July 1895 – 29 October 1982) was a British Army officer, who served in both the First World War and Second World War. During the latter he commanded the artillery of the Eighth Army during the Second B ...

1945–1947 * Lieutenant-General Sir

Kenneth Crawford General Sir Kenneth Noel Crawford, (25 June 1895 – 5 March 1961) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1940s. Early life and education Crawford was born in Colombo, Ceylon, the son of Henry Leighton Crawford of the Ceyl ...

1947–1949 * Lieutenant-General Sir John Whiteley 1949–1953 * Lieutenant-General Sir Dudley Ward 1953–1956 * Lieutenant-General Sir

Richard Hull Field Marshal Sir Richard Amyatt Hull, (7 May 1907 – 17 September 1989) was a senior British Army officer. He was the last Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), holding the post from 1961 to 1964, and the first Chief of the General Sta ...

1956–1958 * Lieutenant-General Sir

Harold Pyman General Sir Harold English "Pete" Pyman, (12 March 1908 – 9 October 1971) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second World War and achieved high office in the 1960s. He was the eldest son of Harold English Pyman and Christ ...

1958–1961 * Lieutenant-General Sir

John Anderson John Anderson may refer to: Business *John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland * John Byers Anderson (1817–1897), American educator, military officer and railroad executive, mentor of ...

1961–1963 * Lieutenant-General Sir John Hackett 1963–1966 * General Sir Charles Harington 1966–1968 * Lieutenant-General Sir

Ian Freeland Lieutenant General Sir Ian Henry Freeland (14 September 1912 – 2 July 1979) was a senior British Army officer, who served with distinction during World War II and most notably served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) and Director of Operat ...

April 1968 – December 1968

Deputy Chief of the General Staff

* Lieutenant-General

Mark Poffley Lieutenant General Sir Mark William Poffley, (born 1960) is a former senior British Army officer. Military career Poffley was commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1985. After seeing action in the Gulf War and then in the Bosnian W ...

Spring 2015 – December 2015 * Lieutenant-General Nick Pope 2015–2019 * Lieutenant-General

Christopher Tickell Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Linley Tickell, (born 17 March 1964) is a senior British Army officer who served as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff from August 2019 to August 2022. Early life and education Tickell was born on 17 March ...

2019–2022 * Lieutenant-General Sharon Nesmith August 2022–Present

References

{{reflist Senior appointments of the British Army