Lieutenant General Michael Richard Elviss (born 18 July 1972) is a senior British Army officer.
[3] He became the commander of the 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade in 2016;[4] Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations, Field Army in 2018; and was General Officer Commanding 3rd (United Kingdom) Division from February 2020 to October 2021.
[5] Elviss was promoted to the substantive rank of major general on 10 February 2020.
[6][7] After a serving as Chief of Staff (Operations) at Permanent Joint Headquarters from October 2021, Elviss was promoted to lieutenant general and became Commander Field Army in March 2024.
[8] Elviss was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 New Year Honours,[9] and awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in recognition of his services in Afghanistan in September 2011[10] and again in March 2014.