2 Canadian Infantry Division
Branch of The Inspectors General - Main - Inspector General
| 06-Apr-1940 |
19-May-1940 |
Major-General |
VW Odlum |
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| 22-Apr-1940 |
01-Feb-1942 |
Brigadier |
RA Fraser |
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| 20-May-1940 |
21-May-1941 |
Major |
WN Bostock |
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| 20-May-1940 |
05-Oct-1941 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
EG Weeks |
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| 20-May-1940 |
05-Dec-1942 |
Major-General |
VW Odlum |
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| 20-May-1940 |
28-Nov-1940 |
Major |
WHS Macklin |
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| 29-May-1940 |
05-Aug-1940 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
ELM Burns |
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| 18-May-1941 |
06-Aug-1941 |
Colonel |
GG Simonds |
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| 07-Aug-1941 |
05-Oct-1941 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
HA Young |
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| 06-Oct-1941 |
14-Oct-1941 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
EG Weeks |
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| 15-Oct-1941 |
30-Nov-1941 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
S Lett |
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| 27-Oct-1941 |
17-Jan-1942 |
Major |
TG Gibson |
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| 07-Nov-1941 |
05-Apr-1942 |
Brigadier |
JH Roberts Acting Commander during this period. On 23 December 1941, HDG Crerar was appointed to command the Division, but on the same day he was appointed to "temporarily" command I Canadian Corps (formerly VII Corps). |
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| 01-Dec-1941 |
12-Jul-1942 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
CC Mann |
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| 18-Jan-1942 |
10-Apr-1942 |
Major |
GP Henderson |
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| 06-Apr-1942 |
13-Apr-1943 |
Major-General |
JH Roberts |
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| 03-Nov-1942 |
05-May-1943 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
GSN Gostling |
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| 13-Apr-1943 |
28-Apr-1943 |
Major-General |
GG Simonds |
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| 13-Apr-1943 |
05-May-1943 |
Brigadier |
GV Whitehead |
* |
| 29-Apr-1943 |
06-May-1943 |
Brigadier |
ELM Burns |
* |
| 06-May-1943 |
10-Jan-1944 |
Major-General |
ELM Burns |
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| 06-May-1943 |
07-Nov-1943 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
EB Wilson |
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| 03-Aug-1943 |
01-Sep-1944 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
NJW Smith |
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| 11-Jan-1944 |
09-Nov-1944 |
Major-General |
C Foulkes |
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| 10-Nov-1944 |
31-Aug-1945 |
Major-General |
AB Matthews |
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| 16-Mar-1945 |
16-Jul-1945 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
JM Pocock |
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| Number of Records Returned: 26 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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