2 Infantry Division

Infantry Division

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Unit AppointmentsCommand Appointments

General Officer Commanding
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01-Oct-192625-Oct-1928Major-GeneralSir Edmund Ironside 
11-Mar-193518-Aug-1937Major-GeneralSir Archibald Wavell 
03-Sep-193916-May-1940Major-GeneralSir Henry Loyd 
16-May-194020-May-1940BrigadierFHN Davidson*
20-May-194012-Aug-1940Major-GeneralNMS Irwin 
12-Aug-194015-Aug-1940BrigadierCB Findlay*
15-Aug-194018-Sep-1940Major-GeneralGI Gartlan*
18-Sep-194011-Oct-1941Major-GeneralSir Daril Watson 
11-Oct-194108-Jul-1944Major-GeneralJML Grover 
08-Jul-194415-Aug-1944Major-GeneralSir Cameron Nicholson 
15-Aug-194423-Aug-1944BrigadierMMAB West*
15-Aug-194423-Aug-1944BrigadierMM Alston-Roberts-West*
23-Aug-194426-Aug-1944Major-GeneralSir Cameron Nicholson 
26-Aug-194410-Sep-1944BrigadierHSJ Bourke*
10-Sep-194413-Sep-1944Major-GeneralSir Cameron Nicholson 
13-Sep-194424-Sep-1944BrigadierHSJ Bourke*
24-Sep-194401-Jun-1945Major-GeneralSir Cameron Nicholson 
01-Jun-194512-Jul-1945BrigadierHSJ Bourke*
12-Jul-194531-Aug-1945Major-GeneralSir Cameron Nicholson 
Branch of The General Staff
General Staff Officer 1
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06-Aug-193925-Feb-1940ColonelSir Charles Allfrey 
Attached to the General StaffRoyal Artillery
Commander Royal Artillery
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03-Sep-1939 ?02-Sep-1940BrigadierCB Findlay 
03-Sep-194008-Mar-1942BrigadierGI Thomas 
15-Apr-1944 ?16-Jul-1945BrigadierHSJ Bourke 
17-Jul-194531-Aug-1945BrigadierREH Hudson 
Branch of The Adjutant General and The Quartermaster General
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General
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01-Jan-193428-May-1937ColonelP de Fonblanque 
* in the A column indicates Acting