Sharon Nesmith

Lieutenant General Dame Sharon Nesmith DCB ADC Gen
Lieutenant General Nesmith in 2022
Birth name	Sharon Patricia Moffat
Born	1970 (age 53–54) Northumberland, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1988–present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	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

Lieutenant General Dame Sharon Patricia Moffat Nesmith, DCB, ADC Gen (née Moffat; born 1970) is a senior British Army officer. She has been Deputy Chief of the General Staff since August 2022. 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, and the first woman to be promoted to lieutenant general in the British Army in 2022. She will become the first woman to be promoted to general in June 2024, when she assumes the post of Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.