# List of senior female officers of the British Armed Forces

The following is a list of women who have reached general, flag or air officer rank in the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force, not including those given honorary ranks. An air commodore is considered an air officer rank, and although the equivalent ranks of brigadier or commodore are not considered general or flag rank in their respective services, those who have reached these ranks and above are included in this list.

## Royal Navy

| Name | Rank | Date of promotion | Active/Retired |
| Jude Terry | Rear Admiral | 17 January 2022 | Active |
| Fleur Marshall | Surgeon Rear Admiral | 21 March 2023 | Active |
| Carolyn Stait | Commodore | 22 June 2004 | Retired |
| Inga Kennedy | Commodore | 9 February 2015 | Active |
| Eleanor L. Ablett | Commodore | 28 August 2018 | Retired |
| Melanie S. Robinson | Commodore RNR | 4 February 2020 | Retired |
| Alison J. Hofman | Commodore | 17 August 2020 | Active |
| Sharon L. Malkin | Commodore | 2 June 2021 | Active |
| Joanna L. Adey | Commodore | 25 July 2023 | Active |

## British Army

| Name | Rank | Date of promotion | Active/Retired |
| Sharon Nesmith | General | 10 June 2024 | Active |
| Susan Ridge | Major General | 20 September 2015 | Retired |
| Celia J. Harvey | Major General | 11 March 2020 | Active (reservist) |
| Anna-Lee Reilly | Major General | 29 November 2022 | Active |
| Sarah Johansen | Major General | 26 June 2023 | Active |
| Lisa C. Keetley | Major General | 2 September 2024 | Active |
| Patricia Purves | Brigadier | 30 June 1999 | Retired |
| Nicky Moffat | Brigadier | 30 June 2009 | Retired |
| Fiona H. Gardner | Brigadier | 30 June 2015 | Retired |
| Suzanne Anderson | Brigadier | 31 December 2015 | Active |
| Caroline L. Hull | Brigadier | 30 June 2020 | Active |
| Sara L. Sharkey | Brigadier | 30 June 2017 | Active |
| Ingrid A. Rolland | Brigadier | 4 December 2017 | Active (Reservist) |
| Anna Clare Luedicke | Brigadier | 30 June 2017 | Active |
| Vivienne Wendy Buck | Brigadier | 30 June 2019 | Retired |
| Janice A. Cook | Brigadier | 30 June 2019 | Deceased |
| Anna-Lee Reilly | Brigadier | 30 June 2019 | Active |
| Alison L. Curnow | Brigadier | 30 June 2020 | Active |
| Elizabeth J. Faithfull-Davies | Brigadier | 30 June 2020 | Active |
| Caroline Hull | Brigadier | 30 June 2020 | Active |
| Clare Philips | Brigadier | 30 June 2021 | Active |
| Lucinda Westerman | Brigadier | 30 June 2021 | Active |

## Royal Air Force

| Name | Rank | Date of promotion | Active/Retired |
| Sue Gray | Air Marshal | 29 March 2019 | Retired |
| Clare Walton | Air Marshal | 3 July 2023 | Active |
| Elaine West | Air Vice-Marshal | 1 August 2013 | Active (reservist) |
| Christina Elliot | Air Vice-Marshal | 1 July 2016 | Retired |
| Alison Mardell | Air Vice-Marshal | 29 April 2017 | Retired |
| Tamara Jennings | Air Vice-Marshal | 29 September 2018 | Active |
| Maria Byford | Air Vice-Marshal | 24 February 2020 | Retired |
| Suraya A. Marshall | Air Vice-Marshal | 6 October 2021 | Active |
| Barbara Cooper | Air Commodore | 1 January 2008 | Retired |
| Jayne Millington | Air Commodore | 2012 | Deceased |
| Dawn McCafferty | Air Commodore | 17 August 2012 | Retired |
| Suzanne N. Perkins | Air Commodore | 21 August 2017 | Active |
| Catherine C. Coton | Air Commodore | 4 September 2017 | Retired |
| Wendy Rothery | Air Commodore | 2 April 2018 | Active |