The first woman to hold the position of deputy Chief of the Army, a senior general is now the highest-ranking female in British military history.
Yesterday, 51-year-old Lieutenant General Sharon Nesmith, who was born and raised in Northumberland, assumed the position of Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCGS).
This occurs after Her Majesty The Queen confirmed her appointment in April.
The first British Army commander to hold this esteemed position is Lt. Gen. Nesmith, a married father of two kids and arborist.
I am very honoured to have been named the Deputy Chief of the General Staff at such a crucial moment for the British Army, she added.
“I am thrilled to be contributing to the Army’s mobilisation to address today’s challenges and the delivery of our Future Soldier’s aggressive modernization plan,” the author said.
Lt Gen Nesmith spent the most of her early years of service in the Balkans, Iraq, and Germany after being commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1992.
“I am thrilled that Sharon Nesmith has assumed her job as Deputy Chief of the General Staff,” said Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.
To lead the Army’s modernization and address new challenges throughout the globe, “she offers significant expertise and creative ideas.”
In addition to being the first female brigade commander and serving as the Senior Responsible Officer for the Armed Forces Recruiting programme, Lt. Gen. Nesmith is a vice president for Army Football and Army Rugby.
She said, “I look forward to playing my role in directing our future soldier transformation to become a more deadly, nimble, digitised, and expeditionary force,” upon her appointment in April.
She will work as General Sir Mark Carleton-deputy. Smith’s According to him, she is the ideal candidate to spearhead the Army’s change at this moment.