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Command Appointments - Main - General Officer Commanding in Chief

From To Rank Name Acting
13-Oct-1939 31-Jul-1940 Lieutenant-General Sir Vernon Sturdee
13-Oct-1939 09-May-1940 Major CH Kappe
13-Oct-1939 31-Jul-1940 Brigadier VPH Stantke
01-Nov-1939 30-Jun-1940 Brigadier CA Callaghan
02-Nov-1939 05-Feb-1941 Colonel JS Whitelaw
02-Nov-1939 31-Jul-1940 Colonel WJM Locke
03-Dec-1939 12-May-1940 Lieutenant-Colonel RF Smith
13-Mar-1940 03-Apr-1940 Major EE Grant
01-Aug-1940 31-Aug-1941 Brigadier WJM Locke
01-Aug-1940 28-Sep-1940 Lieutenant-Colonel JE Lee
29-Sep-1940 04-Jan-1942 Colonel JE Lee
06-Feb-1941 05-Apr-1942 Brigadier JS Whitelaw
07-Jul-1941 18-Dec-1941 Major-General HD Wynter
01-Sep-1941 04-Jan-1942 Brigadier WJ Urquhart
08-Dec-1941 ? 23-Dec-1941 Major-General CGN Miles
19-Dec-1941 05-Apr-1942 Lieutenant-General HD Wynter
05-Jan-1942 24-Apr-1942 Brigadier JE Lee
05-Jan-1942 05-Apr-1942 Brigadier WJ Urquhart
Number of Records Returned: 18
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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