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Command Appointments - Main - General Officer Commanding in Chief

From To Rank Name Acting
17-Jun-1928 30-Sep-1930 Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd
01-Oct-1930 28-Feb-1931 General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd
26-Apr-1938 23-Jul-1939 ? Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Wavell
28-Jul-1939 31-Aug-1939 Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Brooke
03-Sep-1939 ? 25-Jun-1940 ? Lieutenant-General BD Fisher
26-Jun-1940 19-Jul-1940 Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Brooke
20-Jul-1940 11-Dec-1940 Lieutenant-General Sir Claude Auchinlech
15-Dec-1940 26-Feb-1942 Lieutenant-General The Honourable Sir Harold Alexander
09-Mar-1942 17-Feb-1944 Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Loyd
18-Feb-1944 28-Feb-1945 Lieutenant-General Sir William Morgan
19-Mar-1945 09-Jun-1945 Lieutenant-General Sir Sidney Kirkman
13-Jun-1945 31-Aug-1945 Lieutenant-General Sir John Crocker
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