Corps Regimental Sergeant Major

For the USMC equivalent, see Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.
Royal Marines Corps Regimental Sergeant Major
Incumbent
Philip "Phil" Gilby
Style Addressed as "Mr" by officers and "Sir" by all other ranks. Routinely known as "the Corps RSM"

The Royal Marines Corps Regimental Sergeant Major (Corps RSM) is the most senior warrant officer of the Royal Marines. The incumbent carries the sword of Major Alastair Donald, which was presented to the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major by Donald's widow.[1]

Post creation

The post was created in 1989.[2]

"It has been decided to appoint a representative Regimental Sergeant Major, who will be responsible for centralised events involving Warrant Officers and Senior Non Commissioned Officers and upon who the Commandant General can call for advice should he so desire. The Warrant officers so appointed will be called the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major (Corps RSM)"

Royal Marine Routine Orders, Monday 20th February 1989. (signed by Maj. Gen. H. Y. La R. Beverley)

List of Royal Marines Corps Regimental Sergeant Majors

In the table below the "Rank" is listed as WO1 (Corps) RSM. This is an amalgamation of a rank and an appointment. Specifically the rank is Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1), the appointment is Corps RSM.

Source[3]
Rank Name Regt. No. From To
WO1 (Corps) RSM David Malcolm Stollery MBE PO 1 January 1989[2] 22 January 1990
WO1 (Corps) RSM John "Jan" Kenneth Palmer MBE PO 9 December 1989 4 April 1992
WO1 (Corps) RSM J. D. "Des" W. MBE MM PO 1 April 1992 24 April 1994
WO1 (Corps) RSM W. J. "Willy" S. PO 21 September 1993 6 March 1995
WO1 (Corps) RSM W. N. M. "Nev" W. MBE PO 4 January 1995 4 April 1998
WO1 (Corps) RSM K. R. PO 2 December 1997 16 November 1999
WO1 (Corps) RSM R. T. MBE PO 13 September 1999 14 October 2002
WO1 (Corps) RSM John Anthony "George" Forster[4][5] PO 14 October 2002 28 November 2004
WO1 (Corps) RSM E. A. C. MBE PO 29 November 2004 31 January 2007
WO1 (Corps) RSM B. A. "Baz" D. MBE PO 1 February 2007 19 October 2009
WO1 (Corps) RSM Marc Wicks MBE[6] PO 20 October 2009 14 July 2011
WO1 (Corps) RSM Allistair Iain "Ally" McGill MBE QGM[7] PO 21 July 2011 19 November 2014
WO1 (Corps) RSM Philip Steven "Phil" Gilby[1] PO 19 November 2014 Present

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sword presentation to the Royal Marine Corps at Royal Marines Museum". National Museum of the Royal Navy. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Appointment of Corps Regimental Sergeant Major" (PDF). Royal Marines Badge & Insignia Reference. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Forster, J. A. Register of the Royal Marines Regimental Sergeant Major. Royal Marines Museum, Eastney, Portsmouth.
  4. ↑ "Commander Presents Fathers RSM Cane to Corps Museum". Royal Navy. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Roll". The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Command Senior Enlisted Leader". NATO. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Trustees". Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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