Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff

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]

List of Vice Chiefs of the Defence Staff

• 1964 to 1966 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Earle
• 1966 to 1967 - Lieutenant General Sir George Cole
• 1967 to 1970 - Vice Admiral Sir Ian Hogg
• 1970 to 1972 - Air Marshal Sir John Barraclough
• 1972 to 1973 - Lieutenant General Sir John Gibbon
• 1973 to 1975 - Air Marshal Sir Peter Le Cheminant
• 1975 to 1977 - Vice Admiral Sir Henry Leach
• 1977 to 1978 - Vice Admiral Anthony Morton
• 1978 to 1979 - General Sir Edwin Bramall
• 1979 to 1981 - General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson
• 1981 to 1983 - Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans
• 1983 to 1984 - Admiral Sir Peter Herbert
• 1984 to 1987 - Post vacant
• 1987 to 1988 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine
• 1988 to 1991 - General Sir Richard Vincent
• 1991 to 1993 - Admiral Sir Benjamin Bathurst
• 1993 to 1995 - Admiral Sir Jock Slater
• 1995 to 1997 - Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis
• 1997 to 2001 - Admiral Sir Peter Abbott
• 2001 to 2005 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall
• 2005 to 2009 - General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman
• 2009 - Present - General Sir Nicholas Houghton

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