Academy sergeant major

Senior non-commissioned officer instructor at a military academy

The academy sergeant major^[1] is the senior non-commissioned officer instructor at a military academy.

British Army

At the British Army's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the academy sergeant major (AcSM)^{[Note 1]} holds the rank of warrant officer class 1. Almost always held by a guardsman, it is one of the most senior warrant officer appointments in the British Army.

List of academy sergeant majors

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2021)

Portrait

Took office	Left office	Time in office
Lord, JCWarrant Officer Class One JC LordMVO MBE	December 1960	August 1963	Grenadier Guards
Phillips, CHWarrant Officer Class One CH PhillipsMBE	August 1963	December 1970	Welsh Guards
Huggins, RPWarrant Officer Class One RP HugginsMBE	December 1970	February 1980	Grenadier Guards
Cleary, DPWarrant Officer Class One DP ClearyMBE	February 1980	September 1987	Irish Guards
Nesbitt, MWarrant Officer Class One M Nesbitt	September 1987	August 1993	Grenadier Guards
Cox, DLWarrant Officer Class One DL Cox	August 1993	August 1994	Grenadier Guards
McCormack, RHWarrant Officer Class One RH McCormack	September 1994	April 1997	Coldstream Guards
Crawford, AJWarrant Officer Class One AJ CrawfordMBE	May 1997	April 2000	Scots Guards
Convery, RWarrant Officer Class One R Convery	April 2000	December 2002	Scots Guards
Gaunt, MWarrant Officer Class One M Gaunt OBE	December 2002	August 2005	Grenadier Guards
Nichols, SimonWarrant Officer Class One Simon Nichols MBE	August 2005	August 2007	Irish Guards
Carr, P.JWarrant Officer Class One P.J Carr	August 2007	April 2010	Coldstream Guards
Martin, RossWarrant Officer Class One Ross Martin	April 2010	December 2011	Irish Guards
Stokes, AndrewWarrant Officer Class One Andrew 'Vern' Stokes MVO MSM ^[2]	December 2011	2014	Coldstream Guards
Haughton, GlennWarrant Officer Class One Glenn Haughton MSM (born 1972)	January 2014	2015	Grenadier Guards
Macphee, DWarrant Officer Class One D Macphee (born 1972)	April 2015	April 2017	Scots Guards
Taylor, CarlWarrant Officer Class One Carl Taylor	April 2017	January 2021	Welsh Guards
Purcell, AndyWarrant Officer Class One Andy Purcell	April 2017	August 2021	Irish Guards
Kirkwood, ColinWarrant Officer Class One Colin Kirkwood	August 2021	April 2023	Scots Guards
Cope, DanielWarrant Officer Class One Daniel Cope	April 2023	Present	Welsh Guards

Australian Defence Force

At the Australian Defence Force Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) also holds the rank of warrant officer class 1 or equivalent and is drawn on rotation from all three services.

Sri Lanka Army

At the Sri Lanka Military Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) is of the rank of warrant officer class I.

Notes

^ ASM in the British Army stands for artificer sergeant major, an appointment in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

References

^ Note that in the British Army, the plural is "academy sergeant majors" and not "academy sergeants major". "No. 48587". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 April 1981. p. 5671. "No. 25044". The London Gazette. 2 December 1881. p. 6467. The earliest usage of "sergeant majors" in The Times is in 1822. The last of the (very occasional) usages of "sergeants major", except when referring to American NCOs, is in 1938.
^ "WO1 (GSM) Andrew 'Vern' Stokes, Coldstream Guards". Trooping the Colour. Retrieved 7 July 2021.