These were:
1957 – 1960 – Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick McLeod1960 – 1962 – Air Marshal Sir Alfred Earle1962 – 1964 – Lieutenant-General Sir Denis O’ConnorNote: This single "Deputy Chief" role was redesignated Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff after 1964.
There are currently three people with the post of Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (DCDS) at any one time. These are:
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations) – the DCDS (Operations) ordinarily reports to the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff but also reports directly to the Chief of the Defence Staff on operational mattersDeputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Training)Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability)These were:
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments)
1985 – 1987 Vice-Admiral Sir John Woodward1987 – 1989 Lieutenant-General Sir Antony Walker1989 – 1992 Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Hayr1992 – 1995 Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Nicholas Hill-Norton1995 – 1997 Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Harley1997 – 2000 Air Marshal Sir John Day2000 – 2003 Lieutenant-General Sir Anthony Pigott2003 – 2006 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Fry2006 – 2007 Vice-Admiral Charles Style2007 – 2009 Lieutenant-General Sir Peter WallDeputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations)
2009 – 2011 Lieutenant-General Simon Mayall2011 – 2013 Lieutenant-General Richard Barrons2013 – 2014 Lieutenant-General James Everard2014 – 2016 Lieutenant-General Gordon Messenger2016 – present Lieutenant-General Mark Carleton-SmithDeputy Chiefs of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Training) / Deputy Chiefs of the Defence Staff (People)
These were:
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes and Personnel)
1984 – 1987 Lieutenant-General Sir John Chapple1987 – 1989 Air Marshal Sir David Parry-Evans1989 – 1992 Vice-Admiral Sir Barry Wilson1992 – 1996 Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Thomas Boyd-Carpenter1996 – 1999 Air Marshal Sir Peter SquireDeputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel)
1999 – 2002 Air Marshal Sir Malcolm Pledger2002 – 2005 Lieutenant-General Anthony Palmer2005 – 2007 Air Marshal David Pocock2007 – 2010 Vice-Admiral Peter WilkinsonDeputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Training)
2010 – 2013 Lieutenant-General Sir William RolloChief of Defence People
2013 – 2016 Lieutenant-General Andrew Gregory2016 – Present Lieutenant-General Richard NugeeThese were:
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements)
1967 – 1968 Air Marshal Sir Neil Wheeler1968 – 1971 Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Thomas1971 – 1973 Vice-Admiral Sir Ian McIntosh1973 – 1976 Air Marshal Sir Michael Giddings1976 – 1978 Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Cunningham1978 – 1981 Vice-Admiral Sir Stephen Berthon1981 – 1983 Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice JohnstonDeputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Systems)
1983 – 1986 Air Marshal Sir Donald Hall1986 – 1989 Vice-Admiral Sir Jeremy Black1989 – 1992 Lieutenant-General Sir Anthony Mullens1992 – 1994 Air Marshal Sir Roger AustinDeputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Equipment Capability)
1994 – 1995 Vice-Admiral Malcolm RutherfordDeputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Systems)
1995 – 1997 Vice-Admiral Sir John Dunt1997 – 1999 Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund BurtonDeputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Equipment Capability)
1999 – 2002 Vice-Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham2002 – 2003 Air Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup2003 – 2006 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Fulton2006 – 2009 Lieutenant-General Andrew Figgures2009 – 2012 Vice-Admiral Sir Paul LambertDeputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability)
2012 – Present Air Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier2016 – Lieutenant General Mark Poffley1964 – 1965 Vice-Admiral Sir Norman Denning1965 – 1968 Air Marshal Sir Harold Maguire1968 – 1971 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Fyffe1971 – 1972 Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly1972 – 1975 Lieutenant-General Sir David Willison1975 – 1978 Air Marshal Sir Richard Wakeford1978 – 1981 Vice-Admiral Sir Roy Halliday1981 – 1983 Lieutenant-General Sir James Glover1983 – 1984 Air Marshal Sir Michael Armitage(post discontinued in 1984)
