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56 Infantry Brigade
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Command Appointments - Main - Officer Commanding

From To Rank Name Acting
27-Feb-1944 04-Jul-1944 Brigadier EC Pepper
04-Jul-1944 04-Nov-1944 Brigadier MS Ekins Killed 04 November 1944
04-Nov-1944 09-Nov-1944 Lieutenant-Colonel M Lewis *
09-Nov-1944 03-Dec-1944 Brigadier WFH Kempster
03-Dec-1944 09-Dec-1944 Lieutenant-Colonel TH Wilsey *
09-Dec-1944 20-Jan-1945 Brigadier WFH Kempster
20-Jan-1945 23-Jan-1945 Lieutenant-Colonel RHC Bray *
23-Jan-1945 27-Jan-1945 Brigadier RH Senior
27-Jan-1945 05-Feb-1945 Lieutenant-Colonel RHC Bray *
06-Feb-1945 14-Aug-1945 Brigadier RH Senior
14-Aug-1945 31-Aug-1945 Brigadier KG Exham
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