List of Vice Chiefs of the Defence Staff

• 1964 to 1966 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Earle
  Alfred Earle
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Earle, GBE, CB, RAF was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during World War II who later became Vice-Chief of Defence Staff.-Military career:...
  
  
• 1966 to 1967 - Lieutenant General Sir George Cole
  George Cole (British Army officer)
  Lieutenant General Sir George Sinclair Cole KCB CBE was a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1960s.-Military career:...
  
  
• 1967 to 1970 - Vice Admiral Sir Ian Hogg
• 1970 to 1972 - Air Marshal Sir John Barraclough
  John Barraclough (RAF officer)
  Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC was a World War II pilot who went on to become Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.-RAF career:...
  
  
• 1972 to 1973 - Lieutenant General Sir John Gibbon
  John Gibbon (British Army officer)
  General Sir John Gibbon GCB OBE is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.-Military career:Gibbon was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1939....
  
  
• 1973 to 1975 - Air Marshal Sir Peter Le Cheminant
  Peter Le Cheminant
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter de Lacy Le Cheminant GBE KCB DFC & Bar was Vice-Chief of Defence Staff.-Military career:Educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the RAF College, Cranwell, Le Cheminant was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1939...
  
  
• 1975 to 1977 - Vice Admiral Sir Henry Leach
  Henry Leach
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Conyers Leach, GCB, DL was a former First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Royal Navy. Leach was the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff between 1979 and 1982, being the professional head of the Navy at the time of the Falklands War...
  
  
• 1977 to 1978 - Vice Admiral Anthony Morton
  Anthony Morton
  Admiral Sir Anthony Storrs Morton GBE KCB was Vice-Chief of Defence Staff.-Naval career:Educated at Loretto School, Morton was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1941 during World War II....
  
  
• 1978 to 1979 - General Sir Edwin Bramall
  Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall
  Field Marshal Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall KG, GCB, OBE, MC, DL, JP is a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1979 and 1982, and as Chief of the Defence Staff, professional head of the British Armed Forces,...
  
  
• 1979 to 1981 - General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson
  Patrick Howard-Dobson
  General Sir Patrick John Howard-Dobson GCB is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
  
  
• 1981 to 1983 - Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans
  David Evans (RAF officer)
  Air Chief Marshal Sir David George Evans GCB, CBE, RAF was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.-Military career:Born and educated in Canada, Evans was commissioned into the Royal Air Force under an emergency commission in 1944 during World War II...
  
  
• 1983 to 1984 - Admiral Sir Peter Herbert
  Peter Herbert (Royal Navy officer)
  Admiral Sir Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert KCB CBE was Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.-Naval career:Educated at Dunchurch Hall and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Herbert was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1949...
  
  
• 1984 to 1987 - Post vacant
• 1987 to 1988 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine
  Patrick Hine
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick "Paddy" Bardon Hine GCB, GBE is a former senior Royal Air Force commander. Most notably, he was joint commander of all British forces during the first Gulf War.-RAF career:...
  
  
• 1988 to 1991 - General Sir Richard Vincent
  Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill
  Field Marshal Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill, GBE, KCB, DSO , was Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces...
  
  
• 1991 to 1993 - Admiral Sir Benjamin Bathurst
• 1993 to 1995 - Admiral Sir Jock Slater
• 1995 to 1997 - Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis
  John Willis
  Air Chief Marshal Sir John Frederick Willis GBE, KCB, FRAeS , was a senior Royal Air Force officer.-Flying career:...
  
  
• 1997 to 2001 - Admiral Sir Peter Abbott
  Peter Abbott
  Admiral Sir Peter Charles Abbott GBE KCB is a former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.-Naval career:Educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, Abbott was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1964...
  
  
• 2001 to 2005 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall
  Anthony Bagnall
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony John Crowther "Tony" Bagnall, GBE, KCB, FRAeS is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.- Flying career :...
  
  
• 2005 to 2009 - General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman
  Timothy Granville-Chapman
  General Sir Timothy John Granville-Chapman, GBE, KCB, ADC Gen is a former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces. He presently holds the ceremonial position of Master Gunner, St James's Park.- Military career :...
  
  
• 2009 - Present - General Sir Nicholas Houghton
  Nick Houghton
  General Sir John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton, GCB, CBE, ADC Gen. is a senior officer in the British Army, currently serving as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, the deputy to the Chief of the Defence Staff, the head of Britain's Armed Forces; based at the Ministry of Defence, London.-Early life:Born...