List of British generals and brigadiers
This is a list of people who held general officer rank or the rank of brigadier in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other military force.
It does not include English Army generals or Scottish Army generals. Neither England nor Scotland has had its own army since the Acts of Union in 1707. Generals promoted by the Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are included.
See also :Category:British generals - note that a "Brigadier" is not classed as a "general" in the British Army, despite being a NATO 1-star equivalent rank.
Hence, in the lists below:
- 1* = Brigadier General/Brigadier
- 2* = Major General
- 3* = Lieutenant General
- 4* = General
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- Major-General Robert Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott
- General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB
- Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, KCB
- William Arbuthnot, Royal Artillery
- William Arbuthnot, 14th Hussars
- Major-General St. John Desmond Arcedeckne-Butler, Royal Corps of Signals
- Brigadier Arthur Somerville Archdale
- General Sir John Archer
- Brigadier Henry Archer
- Brigadier Brian Mortimer Archibald
- Brigadier Gordon King Archibald
- Major-General Sidney Charles Manley Archibald
- Reginald Le Normand Brabazon, Lord Ardee - GOC Infantry Brigade
- Brigadier Philip Alexander Arden
- Brigadier Eustace Alford Arderne
- General John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll
- Major-General Robert Henry Bertram Arkwright
- General Sir Charles Clement Armitage
- Brigadier Edward Leathley Armitage
- Edward Hume Armitage - CRA
- Charles Johnstone Armstrong - Chief Engineer
- Brigadier Charles Douglas Armstrong
- Brigadier Edward Francis Egerton Armstrong Corps of Royal Engineers
- Brigadier John Cardew Armstrong
- Major-General John Armstrong
- Brigadier Sereld John Armstrong
- Brigadier Walter Johnston Armstrong
- Major-General Richard Armstrong
- George Ayscough Armytage - GOC Infantry Brigade
- Brigadier Harry William Hugh Armytage
- Major-General Allan Cholmondeley Arnold
- Brigadier General Benedict Arnold - Major General in the Continental Army of the American colonies
- Major-General Stanley Arnott
- Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet
- Brigadier Sir Robert Duncan Harris Arundell
- General Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet
- Brigadier Edwin Raymond Ash
- Lionel Forbes Ashburner - GOC Infantry Brigade
- Major-General Cromer Ashburnham
- General William Ashe-à Court
- Brigadier Brenton Haliburton Ashmore
- Major-General Edward Ashmore - GOC RFC Brigade and CRA
- Brigadier Harold Kenneth Ashworth
- Brigadier-General Henry Francis Askwith - BGRA
- Major-General Alfred Rimbault Aslett
- Cecil Faber Aspinall - BGGS
- Arthur Melland Asquith - GOC Infantry Brigade
- Joseph John Asser - IG Communications
- Sir George Aston - GOC Infantry Division
- Llewellyn William Atcherley - DA&QMG
- Major-General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone - Head of British Mission Belgian GQG
- Ben Atkinson - DA&QMG
- Edwin Henry De Vere Atkinson - Chief Engineer
- Major General Sir Leonard Atkinson
- Brigadier-General John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl
- Brigadier Robert Ringrose Gelston Atkins
- Brigadier David John Atkinson
- Brigadier Charles John Attfield
- Brigadier Herbert Arthur Reginald Aubrey
- Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty
- James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley
- Brigadier Edward Gordon Audland
- Major-General Arthur Bramston Austin
- Brigadier Richard Andrew Austin
- Brigadier Geoffrey William Auten
- Brigadier Alec Pendock Aveline
- Lieutenant-General Sir Fenton Aylmer, 13th Baronet
- Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer
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