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69 Infantry Brigade
Criteria [1] Branch [2] Directorate [3] Role [4]

Command Appointments - Main - Officer Commanding

From To Rank Name Acting
11-Sep-1939 24-Jun-1940 Brigadier The Viscount Downe
24-Jun-1940 27-Dec-1940 Brigadier JA Barstow
27-Dec-1940 07-Jan-1941 Lieutenant-Colonel CFR Brown *
07-Jan-1941 09-Jan-1941 Lieutenant-Colonel MR Steal *
09-Jan-1941 06-Feb-1942 Brigadier GWEJ Erskine Joslen has GWEG Erskine (whom I assume is the same person!)
06-Feb-1942 21-Feb-1942 Lieutenant-Colonel FEA MacDonnell *
21-Feb-1942 26-Jun-1942 Brigadier LL Hassall
26-Jun-1942 18-Jan-1944 Brigadier EC Cooke-Collis
18-Jan-1944 29-Oct-1944 Brigadier FYC Knox
29-Oct-1944 02-Dec-1944 Brigadier JMK Spurling
02-Dec-1944 08-Jan-1945 Brigadier WR Cox
08-Jan-1945 14-Feb-1945 Lieutenant-Colonel CF Hutchinson *
14-Feb-1945 01-Mar-1945 Brigadier AGB Stanier
01-Mar-1945 31-Aug-1945 Brigadier EC Cooke-Collis
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