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1 (West Africa) Infantry Brigade

1 West Africa Infantry Brigade

	Criteria [1]	Branch [2]	Directorate [3]	Role [4]

Command Appointments - Main - Officer Commanding

From	To	Rank	Name	Acting
03-Oct-1939	24-Jun-1940	Brigadier	GR Smallwood
04-Sep-1941	14-Sep-1941	Brigadier	JAS Hopkins
14-Sep-1941	06-Jan-1942	Lieutenant-Colonel	H Marshall	*
06-Jan-1942	14-Feb-1942	Lieutenant-Colonel	BJD Gerrard	*
14-Feb-1942	01-Mar-1943	Brigadier	JAS Hopkins
01-Mar-1943	15-Mar-1943	Lieutenant-Colonel	GDJ McMurtrie	*
15-Mar-1943	16-Apr-1943	Brigadier	JAS Hopkins
16-Apr-1943	21-Sep-1943	Lieutenant-Colonel	BJD Gerrard	*
21-Sep-1943	23-May-1945	Brigadier	CRA Swynnerton
23-May-1945	04-Aug-1945	Colonel	FW Clowes	*
04-Aug-1945	28-Aug-1945	Lieutenant-Colonel	AG Hill	*
28-Aug-1945	31-Aug-1945	Brigadier	CRA Swynnerton

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Theatres	Theatres of Operations which Unit served in

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