List of female British general, flag and air officers

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. Though traditionally not considered flag or general officers by the United Kingdom, those who have reached the rank of brigadier or commodore are included in this list: air commodore is considered an air officer rank.

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Using the star rating, the following are equivalent ranks:

• 1* = Commodore/Brigadier/Air Commodore
• 2* = Rear Admiral/Major General/Air Vice-Marshal
• 3* = Vice-Admiral/Lieutenant General/Air Marshal
• 4* = Admiral/General/Air Chief Marshal

Royal Navy

Name	Rank	Date of promotion	Active/retired
Carolyn Stait	Commodore	22 June 2004[1]	Retired
Inga Kennedy	Commodore	9 February 2015[2]	Active
Eleanor L. Ablett	Commodore	28 August 2018[3]	Active
Fleur T. Marshall	Surgeon Commodore	26 February 2019[4]	Active
Melanie S. Robinson	Commodore RNR	4 February 2020[5][6]	Active
Alison J. Hofmman	Commodore	28 May 2020[7]	Active

British Army

Name	Rank	Date of promotion	Active/retired
Susan Ridge	Major General	20 September 2015[8]	Retired[9]
Sharon Nesmith	Major General	14 March 2019[10]	Active
Celia Harvey	Major General	11 March 2020[11]	Active (reservist)
Patricia Purves	Brigadier	30 June 1999[12]	Retired
Nicky Moffat	Brigadier	30 June 2009[13]	Retired
Fiona H. Gardner	Brigadier	30 June 2015[14]	Retired[15]
Suzanne Anderson	Brigadier	31 December 2015[16]	Active
Caroline L. Hull	Brigadier	30 June 2017[17]	Active
Sara L. Sharkey	Brigadier	30 June 2017[18]	Active
Anna Clare Luedicke	Brigadier	30 June 2017[19]	Active
Vivienne Wendy Buck	Brigadier	30 June 2019[20]	Active
Janice A. Cook	Brigadier	30 June 2019[21]	Retired
Anna-Lee Reilly	Brigadier	30 June 2019[22][23]	Active
Lisa C. Keetley	Brigadier	31 December 2019[24]	Active
Elizabeth J. Faithful-Davis	Brigadier	1 March 2020[25]	Active

Royal Air Force

Name	Rank	Date of promotion	Active/retired
Sue Gray	Air Marshal	29 March 2019[26]	Active
Elaine West	Air Vice-Marshal	1 August 2013[27]	Active (reservist)
Christina Elliot	Air Vice-Marshal	1 July 2016[28]	Retired
Alison Mardell	Air Vice-Marshal	29 April 2017[29]	Retired
Tamara Jennings	Air Vice-Marshal	29 September 2018[30]	Active
Maria Byford	Air Vice-Marshal	24 February 2020[31]	Active
Clare S. Walton	Air Vice-Marshal	24 February 2020[32]	Active
Barbara Cooper	Air Commodore	1 January 2008[33]	Retired
Jayne Millington	Air Commodore	2012	Deceased
Dawn McCafferty	Air Commodore	17 August 2012[34]	Active
Suzanne N. Perkins	Air Commodore	21 August 2017[35]	Active
Catherine C. Coton	Air Commodore	4 September 2017[36]	Active
Wendy Rothery	Air Commodore	2 April 2018[37]	Active

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