26 Armoured Brigade

Armoured Brigade

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Officer Commanding
FromToRankLinkA
12-Oct-194001-Dec-1940BrigadierMB Burrows 
01-Dec-194009-Jul-1941BrigadierACW Richardson 
09-Jul-194114-Jul-1941ColonelWP Wyatt 
14-Jul-194125-Aug-1942BrigadierWP Wyatt 
25-Aug-194213-Mar-1943BrigadierCAL Dunphie 
13-Mar-194319-Jun-1943BrigadierGPB Roberts 
19-Jun-194329-Sep-1943BrigadierRA Hull 
29-Sep-194310-Oct-1943ColonelGWC Draffen 
10-Oct-194318-Dec-1943BrigadierRA Hull 
18-Dec-194307-Jan-1944ColonelGWC Draffen 
07-Jan-194412-Aug-1944BrigadierFN Mitchell 
12-Aug-194423-Aug-1944ColonelP Payne-Gallwey 
23-Aug-194417-Jan-1945BrigadierFN Mitchell 
17-Jan-194511-Feb-1945ColonelWR Nicholson 
11-Feb-194523-Feb-1945Lieutenant-ColonelRLV ffrench-Blake 
23-Feb-194503-Mar-1945Lieutenant-ColonelGR Simpson 
03-Mar-194515-Mar-1945BrigadierFN Mitchell 
15-Mar-194503-Apr-1945ColonelWR Nicholson 
03-Apr-194522-Jul-1945BrigadierFN Mitchell 
22-Jul-194507-Aug-1945ColonelWR Nicholson 
07-Aug-194531-Aug-1945BrigadierD Dawnay 
* in the A column indicates Acting