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{{Short description|Senior non-commissioned officer instructor at a military academy}}
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The '''academy sergeant major'''<ref>Note that in the British Army, the plural is "academy sergeant majors" and not "academy sergeants major". {{London Gazette |issue=48587 |date=16 April 1981 |page=5671 |supp=y }} {{London Gazette |issue=25044 |date=2 December 1881 |page=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.</ref> 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)<ref group=Note>ASM in the British Army stands for [[Artificer Sergeant Major|artificer sergeant major]], an appointment in the [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]].</ref> holds the rank of [[warrant officer]] class 1. Almost always held by a [[Foot Guards|guardsman]], it is one of the most senior warrant officer appointments in the British Army.

===List of academy sergeant majors===
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2021}}
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = JC Lord{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MVO|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Lord, JC
| party          = Grenadier Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = December 1960
| term_end          = August 1963
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = CH Phillips{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Phillips, CH
| party             = Welsh Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = August 1963
| term_end          = December 1970
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = RP Huggins{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Huggins, RP
| party             = Grenadier Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = December 1970
| term_end          = February 1980
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = DP Cleary{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Cleary, DP
| party             = Irish Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = February 1980
| term_end          = September 1987
}}
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = M Nesbitt
| officeholder_sort = Nesbitt, M
| party             = Grenadier Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = September 1987
| term_end          = August 1993
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = DL Cox
| officeholder_sort = Cox, DL
| party             = Grenadier Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = August 1993
| term_end          = August 1994
}}
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = RH McCormack
| officeholder_sort = McCormack, RH
| party             = Coldstream Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = September 1994
| term_end          = April 1997
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = AJ Crawford{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Crawford, AJ
| party             = Scots Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = May 1997
| term_end          = April 2000
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = R Convery
| officeholder_sort = Convery, R
| party             = Scots Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = April 2000
| term_end          = December 2002
}}
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = M Gaunt {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} 
| officeholder_sort = Gaunt, M
| party             = Grenadier Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = December 2002
| term_end          = August 2005
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = Simon Nichols {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} 
| officeholder_sort = Nichols, Simon 
| party             = Irish Guards 
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = August 2005
| term_end          = August 2007
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = P.J Carr 
| officeholder_sort = Carr, P.J  
| party             = Coldstream Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = August 2007
| term_end          = April 2010
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = Ross Martin 
| officeholder_sort = Martin, Ross
| party             = Irish Guards 
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = April 2010
| term_end          = December 2011
}}
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = Andrew 'Vern' Stokes {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MVO|MSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Stokes, Andrew
| party             = Coldstream Guards
| officeholder_note = <ref>{{cite web |title=WO1 (GSM) Andrew 'Vern' Stokes, Coldstream Guards |url=http://www.trooping-the-colour.co.uk/gsm/astokes.htm |website=Trooping the Colour |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>
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| died_year         = 
| term_start        = December 2011
| term_end          = 2014
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| image             = Glenn Haughton.jpg
| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = [[Glenn Haughton]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Haughton, Glenn
| party             = Grenadier Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1972
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = January 2014
| term_end          = 2015
}}
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = [[D Macphee]]
| officeholder_sort = Macphee, D
| party          = Scots Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1972
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = April 2015
| term_end          = April 2017
}}
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = Carl Taylor 
| officeholder_sort = Taylor, Carl
| party             = Welsh Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = April 2017
| term_end          = January 2021
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = Andy Purcell 
| officeholder_sort = Purcell, Andy
| party          = Irish Guards  
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = April 2017
| term_end          = August 2021
}}
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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = Colin Kirkwood 
| officeholder_sort = Kirkwood, Colin
| party             = Scots Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = August 2021
| term_end          = April 2023
}}

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| military_rank     = Warrant Officer Class One
| officeholder      = Daniel Cope 
| officeholder_sort = Cope, Daniel
| party             = Welsh Guards
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = April 2023
| term_end          = Present
}}

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==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==
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==References==
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[[Category:Military appointments of the British Army]]
[[Category:Military appointments of Australia]]
[[Category:Guards Division (United Kingdom)]]
[[Category:Warrant officers]]


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