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1 Infantry Division
Criteria [1] Branch [2] Directorate [3] Role [4]

Command Appointments - Main - General Officer Commanding

From To Rank Name Acting
04-Aug-1914 31-Oct-1914 Major-General SH Lomax
04-Aug-1914 22-Sep-1914 Colonel R Fanshawe
04-Aug-1914 10-Sep-1914 Brigadier ND Findlay
04-Aug-1914 18-Sep-1914 Lieutenant-Colonel NJG Cameron
04-Aug-1914 30-Apr-1915 Lieutenant-Colonel AL Schreiber
10-Sep-1914 18-Sep-1914 Brigadier Sir Henry Horne *
18-Sep-1914 08-Jul-1915 Brigadier EA Fanshawe
18-Sep-1914 10-Apr-1915 Lieutenant-Colonel AF Gordon
22-Sep-1914 31-Oct-1914 Colonel FW Kerr
31-Oct-1914 22-Nov-1914 Major-General HJS Landon *
03-Nov-1914 03-Jan-1915 Colonel HS Jeudwine
22-Nov-1914 19-Dec-1914 Major-General D Henderson
19-Dec-1914 11-Sep-1915 Major-General RCB Haking
03-Jan-1915 26-Jul-1915 Lieutenant-Colonel ESH Nairne
10-Apr-1915 19-May-1915 Lieutenant-Colonel HSL Ravenshaw
30-Apr-1915 10-May-1915 Major C Russell-Brown *
10-May-1915 02-Oct-1915 Lieutenant-Colonel HF Thuillier
19-May-1915 17-Mar-1917 Lieutenant-Colonel JBG Tulloch
08-Jul-1915 19-Oct-1915 Brigadier CED Budworth
26-Jul-1915 18-Aug-1916 Lieutenant-Colonel JA Longridge
11-Sep-1915 12-Jun-1916 Major-General AEA Holland
02-Oct-1915 22-Feb-1918 Lieutenant-Colonel C Russell-Brown
19-Oct-1915 19-Oct-1917 Brigadier GN Cartwright
12-Jun-1916 15-Jun-1919 ? Major-General Sir Peter Strickland
18-Aug-1916 10-Jan-1918 Lieutenant-Colonel WGS Dobbie
17-Mar-1917 26-Jul-1917 Lieutenant-Colonel JBG Tulloch
26-Jul-1917 08-Nov-1918 Lieutenant-Colonel HH Spender-Clay
19-Oct-1917 11-Nov-1918 ? Brigadier HFE Lewin
10-Jan-1918 25-Nov-1918 Lieutenant-Colonel EN Tandy
22-Feb-1918 11-Nov-1918 ? Lieutenant-Colonel CEP Sankey
08-Nov-1918 11-Nov-1918 ? Lieutenant-Colonel SA Thompson
25-Nov-1918 31-Dec-1918 ? Lieutenant-Colonel DJCK Bernard
21-Jan-1936 19-Mar-1938 ? Colonel Sir Thomas Hutton
14-Nov-1936 23-Sep-1937 Brigadier Sir Ronald Adam Bt
17-Feb-1938 31-May-1940 Major-General The Honourable Sir Harold Alexander
29-Jul-1938 12-Jan-1940 Colonel Sir Richard McCreery
03-Sep-1939 31-May-1940 ? Brigadier CPW Perceval
13-Jan-1940 20-Jun-1940 Colonel Sir William Morgan
31-May-1940 03-Jun-1940 Brigadier MB Beckwith-Smith *
03-Jun-1940 09-Jun-1940 Major-General The Honourable Sir Harold Alexander
09-Jun-1940 13-Jun-1940 Brigadier MB Beckwith-Smith *
13-Jun-1940 19-May-1941 Major-General Sir Kenneth Anderson
24-Mar-1941 05-Jun-1941 Major JH Bowman
19-May-1941 18-Nov-1941 Major-General Sir Edwin Morris
18-Nov-1941 14-Oct-1943 Major-General WE Clutterbuck
14-Oct-1943 18-Feb-1944 Major-General WRC Penny
18-Feb-1944 23-Feb-1944 Major-General GWR Templer Temporary Command only. Also GOC of 56 (London) Division at this time.
23-Feb-1944 04-May-1944 Major-General WRC Penny
04-May-1944 24-May-1944 Major-General JLI Hawkesworth Temporary.
24-May-1944 14-Jun-1944 Brigadier CF Loewen
14-Jun-1944 24-Jul-1944 Major-General WRC Penny
24-Jul-1944 31-Aug-1945 Major-General CF Loewen
Number of Records Returned: 52
Number of Pages Returned : 2

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