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2 Infantry Division
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Command Appointments - Main - General Officer Commanding

From To Rank Name Acting
05-Aug-1914 26-Dec-1914 Major-General Sir Charles Monro Bt
26-Dec-1914 01-Jan-1915 Brigadier R Fanshawe *
01-Jan-1915 05-Nov-1915 Major-General Sir Henry Horne
05-Nov-1915 27-Dec-1916 Major-General WG Walker
27-Dec-1916 17-Mar-1919 Major-General Sir Cecil Pereira
01-Oct-1926 25-Oct-1928 Major-General Sir Edmund Ironside
11-Mar-1931 10-Mar-1935 Major-General Sir Henry Jackson
11-Mar-1935 18-Aug-1937 Major-General Sir Archibald Wavell
15-Jun-1939 16-May-1940 Major-General Sir Henry Loyd Relieved due to sickness
16-May-1940 20-May-1940 Brigadier FHN Davidson *
20-May-1940 12-Aug-1940 Major-General NMS Irwin
12-Aug-1940 15-Aug-1940 Brigadier CB Findlay *
15-Aug-1940 18-Sep-1940 Major-General GI Gartlan *
18-Sep-1940 11-Oct-1941 Major-General Sir Daril Watson
11-Oct-1941 08-Jul-1944 Major-General JML Grover
08-Jul-1944 15-Aug-1944 Major-General Sir Cameron Nicholson
15-Aug-1944 23-Aug-1944 Brigadier MMAB West *
15-Aug-1944 23-Aug-1944 Brigadier MM Alston-Roberts-West *
23-Aug-1944 26-Aug-1944 Major-General Sir Cameron Nicholson
26-Aug-1944 10-Sep-1944 Brigadier HSJ Bourke *
10-Sep-1944 13-Sep-1944 Major-General Sir Cameron Nicholson
13-Sep-1944 24-Sep-1944 Brigadier HSJ Bourke *
24-Sep-1944 01-Jun-1945 Major-General Sir Cameron Nicholson
01-Jun-1945 12-Jul-1945 Brigadier HSJ Bourke *
12-Jul-1945 31-Aug-1945 Major-General Sir Cameron Nicholson
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