Since the early 1990s, a small number of regiments have supplied what some consider to be a disproportionate number of four star army generals. Tap on the regiments below to see some of the army's key leaders.
Four star generals
Field Marshal Lord Inge (1956 - 1997) - promoted to five star rank after retirement
Lord Dannatt (1971 - 2009)
Sir Nicholas Houghton (1974 - serving Chief of the Defence Staff)
Four star generals
Field Marshal Lord Guthrie of Craigebank (1959 - 2001) - promoted to five star rank after retirement
Sir Charles Redmond "Reddy" Watt (1972 - 2008)
Four star generals
Sir Roger Wheeler (1961 - 2000)
Four star generals
Field Marshal Lord Walker (1966 - 2006) - promoted to five star rank after retirement
Four star generals
Sir Mike Jackson (1963 - 2006)
Sir John Reith (1969 - 2008)
Four star generals
Lord David Richards of Herstmonceux (1971 - 2013)
Sir Richard Barrons (1977 - serving Commander of Joint Forces Comand)
Four star generals
Sir Peter Wall (1974 - 2014)
Sir Kevin O'Donoghue (1968 - 2011)
Four star generals
Sir Charles John Waters (1956 - 1994)
Four star generals
Sir Nicholas Parker (1973 - 2013)
Sir Nicholas Carter (1978 - Chief of the General Staff)
Four star generals
Sir Richard Shirreff (1976 - 2014)
Sir Adrian Bradshaw (1980 - Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe)