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| Incumbent | Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach |
The Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS) is the deputy to the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces.[1] The position was titled Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff before 1964.[2]
List of Vice Chiefs of the Defence Staff[]
These were:[2]
- 1964 to 1966 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Earle
- 1966 to 1967 - Lieutenant General Sir George Cole
- 1967 to 1970 - Vice Admiral Sir Ian Hogg
- 1970 to 1972 - Air Marshal Sir John Barraclough
- 1972 to 1973 - Lieutenant General Sir John Gibbon
- 1973 to 1975 - Air Marshal Sir Peter Le Cheminant
- 1975 to 1977 - Vice Admiral Sir Henry Leach
- 1977 to 1978 - Vice Admiral Anthony Morton
- 1978 to 1979 - General Sir Edwin Bramall
- 1979 to 1981 - General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson
- 1981 to 1983 - Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans
- 1983 to 1984 - Admiral Sir Peter Herbert
- 1984 to 1987 - Post vacant
- 1987 to 1988 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine
- 1988 to 1991 - General Sir Richard Vincent
- 1991 to 1993 - Admiral Sir Benjamin Bathurst
- 1993 to 1995 - Admiral Sir Jock Slater
- 1995 to 1997 - Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis
- 1997 to 2001 - Admiral Sir Peter Abbott
- 2001 to 2005 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall
- 2005 to 2009 - General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman
- 2009 to 2013 - General Sir Nicholas Houghton
- 2013 to Present - Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach
References[]
- ↑ Vice Chief of Defence Staff Ministry of Defence
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "V: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS". http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
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