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56 (London) Infantry Division
Criteria [1] Branch [2] Directorate [3] Role [4]

Command Appointments - Main - General Officer Commanding

From To Rank Name Acting
18-Nov-1940 27-Jan-1941 Major-General CF Liardet
27-Jan-1941 08-Oct-1941 Major-General Sir Montagu Stopford
23-Mar-1941 31-Dec-1941 ? Brigadier Sir Sidney Kirkman
08-Oct-1941 04-May-1943 Major-General EG Miles
05-May-1943 07-May-1943 Brigadier JCA Birch
07-May-1943 10-Oct-1943 Major-General DAH Graham
10-Oct-1943 15-Oct-1943 Brigadier LO Lynne
15-Oct-1943 25-Jul-1944 Major-General GWR Templer
25-Jul-1944 03-Jul-1945 Major-General JY Whitfield
03-Jul-1945 07-Aug-1945 Brigadier MD Erskine
07-Aug-1945 31-Aug-1945 Major-General JY Whitfield
Number of Records Returned: 11
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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Order of Battle Order of Battle for this Unit
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