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49 (West Riding) Infantry Division
Criteria [1] Branch [2] Directorate [3] Role [4]

Command Appointments - Main - General Officer Commanding

From To Rank Name Acting
19-May-1938 05-Apr-1940 Major-General PJ Mackesey
02-Sep-1939 15-Mar-1940 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Dowler
16-Mar-1940 18-Jun-1940 Colonel Sir Arthur Dowler
10-Jun-1940 23-Jun-1940 Major-General HO Curtis
26-Apr-1942 30-Apr-1942 Brigadier NP Procter
30-Apr-1942 30-Nov-1944 Major-General Sir Evelyn Barker
30-Nov-1944 27-Jan-1945 Major-General GHA MacMillan
30-Nov-1944 31-Aug-1945 Lieutenant-Colonel CE Welby-Everard
27-Jan-1945 06-Feb-1945 Brigadier RH Senior
06-Feb-1945 24-Mar-1945 Major-General GHA MacMillan
24-Mar-1945 28-Mar-1945 Brigadier RH Senior
28-Mar-1945 18-Apr-1945 Major-General SB Rawlins
18-Apr-1945 27-Apr-1945 Brigadier EN Crosse
27-Apr-1945 23-Aug-1945 Major-General SB Rawlins
23-Aug-1945 31-Aug-1945 Brigadier H Wood
Number of Records Returned: 15
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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