Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)
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 Incumbent General Sir Gordon Messenger since May 2016 | |
| Style | Admiral General Air Chief Marshal |
| Inaugural holder | Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Earle |
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] From 1966 to 1978 the post was occupied by a 3 star officer. From 1978 onwards the post has been held by a 4 star officer.
List of Vice Chiefs of the Defence Staff[edit]
These were:[2]
| Rank While in appointment | Name | Branch | Appointed | Relinquished appointment |
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Air Chief Marshal | Sir Alfred Earle GBE, CB |  Royal Air Force | February 1964 | May 1966 |
Lieutenant General | Sir George Cole KCB, CBE |  British Army | May 1966 | November 1967 |
Vice Admiral | Sir Ian Hogg KCB, DSC & Bar |  Royal Navy | November 1967 | March 1970 |
Air Marshal | Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC | Royal Air Force | March 1970 | February 1972 |
| Lieutenant General | Sir John Gibbon GCB, OBE | British Army | February 1972 | January 1974 |
| Air Marshal | Sir Peter Le Cheminant KCB, DFC & Bar | Royal Air Force | January 1974 | January 1976 |
| Vice Admiral | Sir Henry Leach KCB | Royal Navy | January 1976 | March 1977 |
| Vice Admiral | Sir Anthony Morton KCB | Royal Navy | March 1977 | April 1978 |
General | Sir Edwin Bramall KCB, OBE, MC | British Army | April 1978 | May 1979 |
| General | Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson GCB | British Army | May 1979 | June 1981 |
| Air Chief Marshal | Sir David Evans GCB, CBE | Royal Air Force | June 1981 | June 1983 |
Admiral | Sir Peter Herbert KCB, OBE | Royal Navy | June 1983 | January 1985 |
| Air Chief Marshal | Sir Peter Harding KCB | Royal Air Force | January 1985 | August 1985 |
| Air Chief Marshal | Sir Patrick Hine KCB | Royal Air Force | August 1985 | October 1987 |
| General | Sir Richard Vincent KCB, DSO | British Army | October 1987 | March 1991 |
| Admiral | Sir Benjamin Bathurst GCB | Royal Navy | March 1991 | January 1993 |
| Admiral | Sir Jock Slater GCB, LVO | Royal Navy | January 1993 | April 1995 |
| Air Chief Marshal | Sir John Willis GBE, KCB | Royal Air Force | April 1995 | October 1997 |
| Admiral | Sir Peter Abbott GBE, KCB | Royal Navy | October 1997 | May 2001 |
| Air Chief Marshal | Sir Anthony Bagnall GBE, KCB | Royal Air Force | May 2001 | July 2005 |
| General | Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman GBE, KCB | British Army | July 2005 | May 2009 |
| General | Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB, CBE | British Army | May 2009 | May 2013 |
| Air Chief Marshal | Sir Stuart Peach GBE, KCB | Royal Air Force | May 2013 | May 2016 |
| General | Sir Gordon Messenger KCB, DSO & Bar, OBE, ADC |  Royal Marines | May 2016 | current |
References[edit]
^ Vice Chief of Defence Staff Ministry of Defence
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