53 (Welsh) Infantry Division
Command Appointments - Main - General Officer Commanding
| 01-Jun-1930 |
30-Nov-1932 |
Major-General |
Sir Charles Grant |
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| 02-Nov-1936 |
30-Jun-1938 |
Major |
GWR Templer |
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| 01-Jul-1938 |
14-Oct-1938 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
GWR Templer |
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| 15-Oct-1938 |
31-Aug-1939 |
Major |
JG Frere |
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| 01-Sep-1939 |
22-Apr-1941 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
JG Frere |
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| 01-Sep-1939 ? |
11-Jul-1940 |
Brigadier |
H Archer |
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| 01-Sep-1939 |
30-Dec-1940 ? |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
H Genet |
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| 01-Sep-1939 |
18-Oct-1940 ? |
Colonel |
AM Trustram Eve |
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| 03-Sep-1939 |
29-Jul-1941 |
Major-General |
BT Wilson |
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| 11-Jul-1940 |
21-Oct-1941 |
Brigadier |
CM Christie |
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| 18-Oct-1940 |
21-Jan-1942 |
Colonel |
CR Stephenson |
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| 30-Dec-1940 |
14-Jul-1941 ? |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
WJ Dynes |
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| 23-Apr-1941 |
19-Jul-1942 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
RJ Bewell |
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| 15-Jul-1941 ? |
07-May-1942 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
WW Boggs |
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| 29-Jul-1941 |
11-Sep-1942 |
Major-General |
CG Bucknall |
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| 22-Oct-1941 |
12-Dec-1942 |
Brigadier |
CD Bayley |
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| 21-Jan-1942 |
14-Aug-1942 ? |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
MA Foster |
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| 08-May-1942 |
14-Oct-1944 ? |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
GGS Clarke |
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| 19-Jul-1942 |
07-May-1943 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
PH Gough |
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| 15-Aug-1942 ? |
30-Sep-1942 ? |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
CPW Orchard |
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| 12-Sep-1942 |
16-Feb-1945 |
Major-General |
RK Ross |
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| 01-Oct-1942 ? |
14-Mar-1945 ? |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
R Neilson |
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| 12-Dec-1942 |
14-Apr-1945 |
Brigadier |
JC Friedberger |
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| 08-May-1943 |
14-Sep-1944 |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
MH ap Rhys Pryce |
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| 14-Sep-1944 |
31-Aug-1945 ? |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
CHP Harington |
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| 01-Nov-1944 ? |
07-May-1945 ? |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
RL Willott |
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| 16-Feb-1945 |
10-Mar-1945 |
Brigadier |
M Elrington |
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| 10-Mar-1945 |
27-May-1945 |
Major-General |
RK Ross |
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| 15-Mar-1945 ? |
31-Aug-1945 ? |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
F Wilson |
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| 14-Apr-1945 |
07-May-1945 ? |
Brigadier |
FD Moore |
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| 27-May-1945 |
03-Jun-1945 |
Brigadier |
CFC Coleman |
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| 03-Jun-1945 |
26-Aug-1945 |
Major-General |
RK Ross |
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| 26-Aug-1945 |
31-Aug-1945 |
Brigadier |
CFC Coleman |
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| Number of Records Returned: 33 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 2 |
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