18-707: Lieutenant-General Sir John Wellesley Thomas , KCB (22 May 1822 – 6 February 1908) was a distinguished British military officer who served in Afghanistan, Australia, and China. He was the commander of the British military and police forces that quelled the rebellion at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat , Victoria, in 1854. Thomas, who was an elder son of the Admiral Jennings Thomas ,
36-832: A vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and an air marshal in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. The rank insignia for both the Army and the Royal Marines is a crown over a crossed sabre and baton. During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II , the St Edward's Crown , commonly known as the Queen's Crown, was depicted. Before 1953, and again since the accession of King Charles III in 2022,
54-408: A civilian Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support since 2015. The Chiefs of Materiel (CofMs), now Director Generals (DGs), are responsible for managing key relationships with the capability sponsor and user. They work at the strategic level to make sure that the operational readiness and sustainability needs of the user are met. The DGs ensure that an ethos of support to operations
72-543: Is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines . It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank ; some British lieutenant generals sometimes wear three-star insignia, in addition to their standard insignia, when on multinational operations. Lieutenant general is a superior rank to major general , but subordinate to a (full) general . The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-8 , equivalent to
90-615: Is in place throughout all DE&S activity. This group now is part of the Submarine Delivery Agency. DE&S manages over 600 defence procurement and support programmes for the UK's armed services. Examples of current and future procurement projects include: As of 2016 the main locations (with staff numbers) were: Responsibility for 'Logistics, Commodities and Services' (including storage and delivery of non-weaponry equipment, such as food and clothing, to soldiers)
108-451: The Royal Air Force maintained the rank of lieutenant general. It was superseded by the rank of air marshal on the following day. Although Sir David Henderson was an RAF lieutenant general, the then RAF Chief-of-Staff Sir Hugh Trenchard never held this rank. Additionally, the retired Royal Navy admiral John de Mestre Hutchison held an honorary RAF commission in the rank of lieutenant general. The RAF lieutenant general rank insignia
126-744: The Taiping Rebellion . This was his last active service. He was promoted to major general in 1877, and retired in 1881 with the honorary rank of lieutenant general. In 1882, he was appointed to the colonelcy of the Hampshire Regiment , and in 1904 was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath . Thomas died on 8 February 1908, and was buried at Kensal Green, London. Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom) Lieutenant general ( Lt Gen ), formerly more commonly lieutenant-general ,
144-548: The Tudor Crown , commonly known as the King's Crown, has been used. Ordinarily, lieutenant general is the rank held by the officer in command of an entire battlefield corps . The General Officer Commanding NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps is a British lieutenant general. Historically, I Corps and II Corps were commanded by British lieutenant generals. Additionally, three lieutenant general appointments also exist within
162-535: The Ballarat goldfields . In North China, he served with the 67th Regiment of Foot and was wounded when in command of a half-battalion attacking the North Taku Fort in 1860. For this campaign, he was mentioned in despatches and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath . Two years later, when being promoted to colonel, he commanded the 67th Regiment and a brigade at the second capture of Khading in
180-600: The Chief Executive and the Executive Committee. The DE&S board delegates some activities to sub-committees, namely the Audit, Remuneration, Programme Review and Nomination Committees. The Chairman ensures that the board receives feedback on these sub-committees and that it is able to consider their recommendations. Members of the executive committee include: DE&S is led on a day-to-day basis by
198-489: The Executive Committee, which consists of the Chief Executive Officer, Director Finance, Director Human Resources, Director Strategy & Corporate Operations, and five Director Generals who lead the delivery of the programme of work in their respective domains. The following subordinate Committees provide specialised support to the Executive Committee. The organisation has been under the leadership of
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#1732773150030216-945: The extant British Army 's Headquarters. They are the Commander Field Army , the Commander Home Command and the Chief of Materiel (Land) in Defence Equipment and Support (double-hatted as the Quartermaster-General to the Forces ). Although the senior appointment in the Royal Marines , the Commandant General , has since 1996 held the lower rank of major general , prior to this date the Commandant General
234-780: The merger of the MoD's Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation , under the Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support . DE&S initially had a civilian and military workforce of around 29,000 (77 per cent civilian and 23 per cent military) in the UK and abroad. By 2022, the DE&;S workforce had reduced to around 11,500 with the majority based at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol. Defence Equipment and Support
252-547: Was a lieutenant general or full general . However, given that a few more senior positions in the British Armed Forces are open to officers from different services, Royal Marines officers can and do reach the rank of lieutenant general, being posted to Joint Forces or Ministry of Defence postings. Examples include Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Fry , Lieutenant-General Sir James Dutton and Lieutenant-General Sir David Capewell . From 1 April 1918 to 31 July 1919,
270-586: Was born in 1822. He received his first commission in 1839 and served with the 40th Regiment of Foot in Afghanistan in 1841–42, during the First Anglo-Afghan War . He was present at the action of Maharajpur when he was severely wounded. His decorations for those engagements included the clasps "Kandahar, Kabul, Ghuznee" and the bronze star for Maharajpur. In 1854, he commanded detachments in the operations in Australia against rebellious minors on
288-399: Was contracted out to the private sector in 2015 under an arrangement that included the transfer of 1,100 staff and construction of a new Defence Fulfilment Centre at MoD Donnington . This article contains text from this source: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526950/DES_Corporate_Plan_201619-20160526.pdf . © Crown copyright, which is available under
306-579: Was established on 2 April 2007. It is overseen by the Minister of State for Defence Procurement . The organisation supports Strategic Command and the individual armed services through Navy Command , Army Headquarters and Headquarters Air Command . Board members include: Mark Russell became chairman in November 2019. The board provides strategic governance for DE&S and a forum for independent, non-executive support and constructive challenge to
324-568: Was similar to the naval rank insignia for a vice-admiral , with a broad band of gold being worn on the cuff with two narrower bands above it. Unlike the naval insignia, the RAF lieutenant general insignia did not have an executive curl . Defence Equipment and Support Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is a trading entity and joint-defence organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence . It began operating on 2 April 2007, following
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