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6 Infantry Brigade
Criteria [1] Branch [2] Directorate [3] Role [4]

Command Appointments - Main - Officer Commanding

From To Rank Name Acting
04-Aug-1914 23-Sep-1914 Brigadier RH Davies
23-Sep-1914 26-Dec-1914 Brigadier R Fanshawe
26-Dec-1914 01-Jan-1915 Lieutenant-Colonel CS Davidson *
01-Jan-1915 30-May-1915 Brigadier R Fanshawe
30-May-1915 21-Jan-1917 Brigadier AC Daly
21-Jan-1917 28-Apr-1918 Brigadier RK Walsh
28-Apr-1918 11-May-1918 Brigadier AHS Hart-Synnot
12-May-1918 11-Nov-1918 ? Brigadier FG Willan
23-Aug-1923 20-May-1926 Brigadier Sir William Bartholomew
21-May-1926 30-Sep-1926 Major-General Sir William Bartholomew
15-Mar-1939 20-May-1940 Brigadier NMS Irwin
20-May-1940 03-Jun-1940 Lieutenant-Colonel DW Furlong
03-Jun-1940 05-Sep-1940 Brigadier DW Furlong Killed 5th September 1940
05-Sep-1940 09-Sep-1940 Lieutenant-Colonel SO Jones
09-Sep-1940 07-Dec-1941 Brigadier HJ Hayman-Joyce
07-Dec-1941 27-Dec-1941 Brigadier HS Brown
27-Dec-1941 13-Jan-1943 Brigadier HEF Smyth
13-Jan-1943 06-Apr-1943 Brigadier RVC Cavendish Killed 6th April 1943
06-Apr-1943 04-Oct-1943 Brigadier BH Hopkins
04-Oct-1943 28-May-1944 Brigadier JD Shapland Wounded 28th May 1944
28-May-1944 30-May-1944 Lieutenant-Colonel LaB Robinson
30-May-1944 23-Jul-1944 Brigadier WG Smith
23-Jul-1944 13-Aug-1944 Colonel C Dalby
13-Aug-1944 26-Jul-1945 Brigadier WG Smith
26-Jul-1945 31-Aug-1945 Brigadier RS McNaught
Number of Records Returned: 25
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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