Orders of Battle - 2 Infantry Division [British Commonwealth]

2 Infantry Division

Infantry Division

History	Theatre	Subordinates	Superiors	Appointments
Notes	Locations	Honours	Corps	Forces
Waves	Wehrkreise	Order of Battle

Unit AppointmentsCommand Appointments

General Officer Commanding
From	To	Rank	Link	A
01-Oct-1926	25-Oct-1928	Major-General	Sir Edmund Ironside
11-Mar-1935	18-Aug-1937	Major-General	Sir Archibald Wavell
03-Sep-1939	16-May-1940	Major-General	Sir Henry Loyd
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

Branch of The General Staff

General Staff Officer 1
From	To	Rank	Link	A
06-Aug-1939	25-Feb-1940	Colonel	Sir Charles Allfrey

Attached to the General StaffRoyal Artillery

Commander Royal Artillery
From	To	Rank	Link	A
03-Sep-1939 ?	02-Sep-1940	Brigadier	CB Findlay
03-Sep-1940	08-Mar-1942	Brigadier	GI Thomas
15-Apr-1944 ?	16-Jul-1945	Brigadier	HSJ Bourke
17-Jul-1945	31-Aug-1945	Brigadier	REH Hudson

Branch of The Adjutant General and The Quartermaster General

Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General
From	To	Rank	Link	A
01-Jan-1934	28-May-1937	Colonel	P de Fonblanque

* in the A column indicates Acting