Dame Sharon Nesmith | |
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![]() Lieutenant General Nesmith in 2022 | |
Birth name | Sharon Patricia Moffat |
Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Northumberland, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1988–present |
Rank | General |
Commands | Army Recuiting and Initial Training Command 1st Signal Brigade 22nd Signal Regiment |
Battles/wars | United Nations Protection Force Iraq War |
Awards | Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath |
General Dame Sharon Patricia Moffat Nesmith, DCB, ADC Gen (née Moffat; born 1970) is a senior British Army officer. She has been Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff since June 2024, having served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff from August 2022 to May 2024. She became the first woman to command a British Army brigade in 2014, the first woman to command a British division-level formation in 2021, the first woman to be promoted to lieutenant general in the British Army in 2022 and the first to be promoted to general in 2024.