Aldershot Command
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After the success of the Chobham Manoeuvres of 1853, a permanent training camp was established at AldershotAldershot Garrison
Aldershot Garrison, also known as Aldershot Military Town, is a major garrison in South East England. Established in 1854, Aldershot has long been seen as the home of the British Army. The garrison was established when the war department brought a large area of land near to the village of...
in 1854 on the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief
Commander-in-Chief
A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
, Viscount Hardinge
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB, PC was a British field marshal and Governor-general of India.-Army career:...
. During the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
, regiments of Militia embodied for home defence were housed at the camp, and the Brigade of Guards
Brigade of Guards
The Brigade of Guards is a historical elite unit of the British Army, which has existed sporadically since the 17th century....
used it for summer training, and were reviewed by Queen Victoria.
After the Crimean War, a division of Regular troops was permanently based at Aldershot, and ‘the Division at Aldershot’ (including artillery at Christchurch, Hampshire, and cavalry at Hounslow, Middlesex), became one of the most important home commands of the British Army.
In January 1876 a ‘Mobilization Scheme for the forces in Great Britain and Ireland’ was published, with the ‘Active Army’ divided into eight army corps based on the major Commands and Districts. 2nd Corps was headquartered at Aldershot. This scheme disappeared in 1881, when the districts were retitled ‘District Commands’, with Aldershot usually listed as IX or X. In 1898 (when Queen Victoria’s son, the Duke of Connaught
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
The title Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was granted by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to her third son, Prince Arthur....
, was General Officer Commanding
General Officer Commanding
General Officer Commanding is the usual title given in the armies of Commonwealth nations to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC II Corps or GOC 7th Armoured Division...
(GOC)) Aldershot Command was ranked I on the list. From 1901 to 1908 Aldershot Command was given the additional title of I Army Corps.
Under Army Order No 28 of 1907 the Home Commands were reorganised to provide a basis for the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).
Composition of Aldershot Command 1907
1st Cavalry Brigade (Brig-Gen Hon Julian ByngJulian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since Canadian Confederation....
)
1st Division (Maj-Gen James Grierson
James Grierson
Lieutenant General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson KCB, CMG, CVO, ADC was a British soldier.- Military career :Grierson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1877....
)
- 1st Brigade Aldershot
- 2nd Brigade Blackdown
- 3rd Brigade Bordon
- Three Field Artillery Brigades (each of three batteries) Royal Field ArtilleryRoyal Field ArtilleryThe Royal Field Artillery of the British Army provided artillery support for the British Army. It came into being when the Royal Artillery was divided on 1 July 1899, it was reamalgamated back into the Royal Artillery in 1924....
- One Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade RFA
- Two Field Companies Royal EngineersRoyal EngineersThe Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....
- Two Divisional Telegraph Companies RE
2nd Division (Maj-Gen Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton (British Army officer)
General Sir Bruce Meade Hamilton GCB, KCVO was a British Army General during World War I.-Military career:...
)
- 4th (Guards) Brigade London
- 5th Brigade Aldershot
- 6th Brigade Aldershot
- Three Field Artillery Brigades RFA
- Two Field Companies RE
Army Troops
- 1st & 2nd Air Line Companies, RE
- 1st & 2nd Cable Telegraph Companies RE
- 1st & 2nd Wireless Telegraph Companies RE
- 1st & 2nd Balloon Companies RE
- 1st & 3rd Bridging Train RE
World War I
When the BEF was sent to France on the outbreak of World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
in August 1914, Aldershot Command provided the basis for I Corps under Lt-Gen Sir Douglas Haig
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the War...
. The Territorial Force
Territorial Force
The Territorial Force was the volunteer reserve component of the British Army from 1908 to 1920, when it became the Territorial Army.-Origins:...
and Special Reserve then took over home defence, with the assembly of ‘Central Force’ beginning on 18 August 1914. ‘First Army’ of Central Force was headquartered at Aldershot, with the Highland Division (later 51st (Highland) Division
British 51st (Highland) Division (World War I)
The 51st Division was a British Territorial Force division that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War. The division's insignia was a stylised 'HD' inside a red circle. Early doubts about the division's performance earned it the nickname of "Harper's Duds" after the...
) and Highland Mounted Brigade of the TF under command. For the first two years of World War I command at Aldershot was divided between the Major-General, Administration (Maj-Gen Alexander Hamilton-Gordon) and the commander of Aldershot Training Centre (Gen Sir Archibald Hunter
Archibald Hunter
General Sir Archibald Hunter GCB GCVO DSO was a General in the British Army who distinguished himself during the Boer War...
). Aldershot Command was reinstated in 1916 under Hunter.
World War II
In 1939 Regular Troops reporting to Aldershot Command included 1st Infantry Division and 2nd Infantry Division. On the outbreak of World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
in September 1939, a similar process to August 1914 was repeated when the GOCinC Aldershot Command (Sir John Dill
John Dill
Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, GCB, CMG, DSO was a British commander in World War I and World War II. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, and subsequently in Washington, as Chief of the British Joint Staff...
) became GOC I Corps in the new BEF
British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
The British Expeditionary Force was the British force in Europe from 1939–1940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied force....
despatched to France. Unlike the other Home Commands, Aldershot had no Coast Divisions or other defence forces under its command, and was solely responsible for providing drafts and reserve formations. In 1941 the Command was downgraded to ‘Aldershot Area’ within a new South-Eastern Command. South Eastern Command ceased to exist at the end of 1944, and Aldershot was transferred to Southern Command
Southern Command (United Kingdom)
-History:The Command was established in 1905 from the Second Army Corps and was initially based at Tidworth but in 1949 moved to Fugglestone Farm near Wilton in Wiltshire....
, without its own GOC.
Post-World War II
GOCs were appointed to Aldershot District from 1944 to 1967, when it disappeared in the reorganisation that led to Southern Command being redesignated GHQ UK Land Forces. From 1968, the HQ of South East District was at Aldershot; it was renamed Southern District in 1992, and HQ 4th Division4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
The 4th Infantry Division is a regular British Army division with a long history having been present at the Peninsular War the Crimean War , the First World War , and during the Second World War.- Napoleonic Wars :...
in 1995.
General Officers Commanding-in-Chief
Appointments as General Officers CommandingGeneral Officer Commanding
General Officer Commanding is the usual title given in the armies of Commonwealth nations to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC II Corps or GOC 7th Armoured Division...
and General Officers Commanding-in-Chief have included:
The Division at Aldershot
- 1857 Lt-Gen Sir William KnollysWilliam Thomas KnollysGeneral Sir William Thomas Knollys KCB was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1860s.-Military career:...
- 1 July 1860 Lt-Gen Sir John PennefatherJohn Lysaght PennefatherGeneral Sir John Lysaght Pennefather GCB was a British soldier who won two very remarkable victories. Firstly, at Meanee, India, where it was said that 500 Irishmen defeated 35,000 Indians...
- 1 October 1865 Lt-Gen Sir James Yorke ScarlettJames Yorke ScarlettGeneral Sir James Yorke Scarlett, GCB was a British general and hero of the Crimean War.-Early life:The son of the 1st Baron Abinger, and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, Scarlett entered the army as a cornet in 1818 and in 1830 became a major in the 5th Dragoon Guards...
- 1 November 1870 Gen Sir James GrantJames Hope GrantGeneral Sir James Hope Grant GCB , British general, was the fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir Francis Grant, President of the Royal Academy.-Military career:...
- 14 April 1875 Gen Sir Thomas SteeleThomas Montagu SteeleGeneral Sir Thomas Montagu Steele GCB, PC was a British army officer.-Life:...
Aldershot District Command
- 1 July 1880 Gen Sir Daniel LysonsDaniel Lysons (British Army officer)General Sir Daniel Lysons GCB was a British Army general who achieved high office in the 1870s.-Military career:...
- 1 August 1883 Lt-Gen Sir Archibald AlisonSir Archibald Alison, 2nd BaronetGeneral Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet GCB was a Scottish soldier who achieved high office in the British Army in the 1880s.-Military career:...
- 1 January 1889 Lt-Gen Sir Evelyn Wood VCVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
- 9 October 1893 (GOCinC) Gen HRH the Duke of ConnaughtPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...
- 9 October 1898 Gen Sir Redvers BullerRedvers BullerGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller VC GCB GCMG was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
VCVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.... - 8 October 1899 Lt-Gen Sir William ButlerWilliam Francis ButlerLieutenant-General Sir William Francis Butler GCB PC was an Irish 19th-century British Army officer, writer, and adventurer.-Military career:...
(temporary while Buller commanded in South Africa)
Lieutenant-General Commanding Troops at Aldershot, and 1st Army Corps
- 10 January 1901 Gen Sir Redvers Buller VC
- 15 September 1902 Lt-Gen Sir John FrenchJohn French, 1st Earl of YpresField Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC , known as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a British and Anglo-Irish officer...
In 1905 title changed to GOCinC.
In 1907 title changed to Aldershot Corps.
In 1908 became Aldershot Command again.
Aldershot Command
- 1 December 1907 Lt-Gen Sir Horace Smith-DorrienHorace Smith-DorrienGeneral Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC was a British soldier and commander of the British II Corps and Second Army of the BEF during World War I.-Early life and career:...
- 1 March 1912 Lt-Gen Sir Douglas HaigDouglas Haig, 1st Earl HaigField Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the War...
GOC and Maj-Gen Administration, Aldershot Command
- 1914-16 Maj-Gen Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
GOC Aldershot Training Centre
- 1914-16 Gen Sir Archibald HunterArchibald HunterGeneral Sir Archibald Hunter GCB GCVO DSO was a General in the British Army who distinguished himself during the Boer War...
Aldershot Command
- April 1916 Gen Sir Archibald Hunter
- 1 October 1917 Gen Sir Archibald MurrayArchibald MurrayGeneral Sir Archibald James Murray, GCMG, KCB, CVO, DSO was a British Army officer during World War I, most famous for his commanding the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from 1916 to 1917.-Army career:...
- 15 November 1919 Gen Lord RawlinsonHenry Rawlinson, 1st Baron RawlinsonGeneral Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG , known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, Bt between 1895 and 1919, was a British First World War general most famous for his roles in the Battle of the Somme of 1916 and the Battle of Amiens in 1918.-Military career:Rawlinson was...
- 2 November 1920 Gen The Earl of CavanFrederick Lambart, 10th Earl of CavanField Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE was a British Army officer and Chief of the Imperial General Staff.-Army career:...
- 1922 to 1923 Lieutenant General Sir Thomas MorlandThomas MorlandGeneral Sir Thomas Lethbridge Napier Morland KCMG, DSO was a British general during the First World War.-Biography:Born in Montreal, Canada East, Morland was the son of Thomas Morland and Helen Servante...
- 1 March 1923 Lieutenant General Sir Philip ChetwodePhilip Chetwode, 1st Baron ChetwodeField Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO was a British cavalry officer who became Commander in Chief in India.-Early life and education:...
- 1 March 1927 Lieutenant General Sir David CampbellDavid Campbell (British Army officer)General Sir David Graham Muschet "Soarer" Campbell GCB was a cavalry officer of the British Army, amateur sportsman, and later Governor of Malta....
- 30 June 1931 Lieutenant General Sir Charles HarringtonCharles Harington HaringtonGeneral Sir Charles Harington Harington GCB, GBE, DSO, DCL , was a British Army officer most noted for his service during the First World War and Chanak crisis...
- 12 October 1933 Lieutenant General Sir Francis Gathorne-HardyJohn Francis Gathorne-HardyGeneral Sir John Francis Gathorne-Hardy GCB, GCVO, CMG, DSO was a British First World War General who served in Italy and the Western Front. His parents were John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy, 2nd Earl of Cranbrook and Cicely Marguerite Wilhelmina Ridgway.-Military career:He was educated at Eton and...
- 12 October 1937 Lieutenant General Sir John DillJohn DillField Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, GCB, CMG, DSO was a British commander in World War I and World War II. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, and subsequently in Washington, as Chief of the British Joint Staff...
- 3 September 1939 to 1940 Lieutenant General Sir Charles BroadCharles BroadLieutenant General Sir Charles Noel Frank Broad KCB DSO was a British Army General during World War II.-Military career:Educated at Cambridge University, Broad was commissioned in 1904 and went to the Staff College, Camberley in 1914....
- 7 March 1940 Lieutenant General Michael Barker
- 21 May 1940 Maj-Gen Geoffrey RaikesGeoffrey RaikesMajor-General Sir Geoffrey Taunton Raikes CB DSO was a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1930s.-Military career:Raikes was commissioned into the South Wales Borderers in 1903...
- 25 June 1940 Maj-Gen Dudley JohnsonDudley Graham JohnsonMajor General Dudley Graham Johnson VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Military career:Johnson served with the Wiltshire Regiment...
VCVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
South Eastern Command
Commanders included:
- 15 February 1941 Lieutenant General Sir Bernard PagetBernard PagetGeneral Sir Bernard Charles Tolver Paget GCB, DSO, MC was a British officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars.-Military career:...
- 25 December 1941 Lieutenant General Sir Bernard MontgomeryBernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of AlameinField Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC , nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General" was a British Army officer. He saw action in the First World War, when he was seriously wounded, and during the Second World War he commanded the 8th Army from...
- 7 August 1942 Lieutenant General Sir John SwayneJohn SwayneLieutenant General Sir John George des Reaux Swayne KCB CBE was General Officer Commanding South-East Command.-Military career:Swayne was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1911...
- 19 March 1944 Lieutenant General Sir Edmond SchreiberEdmond SchreiberLieutenant-General Sir Edmund Charles Acton Schreiber, KCB, DSO was a British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. In the second he commanded the 45th Infantry Division, V Corps and First Army....
- 25 September 1944 Lieutenant General Eric MilesEric Grant MilesMajor-General Eric Grant Miles CB DSO MC served as an officer with the British Army during World War II.-Military career:Miles was commissioned into the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1911...
Aldershot District
- 1944 Major-General Charles NormanCharles NormanMajor-General Charles Wake Norman CBE was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.-Military career:Educated at Eton College, Norman was commissioned into the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry in 1910....
- 1946 Major-General Joseph BaillonJoseph BaillonMajor-General Joseph Aloysius Baillon CBE MC was a British Army officer who served in both World Wars.-Early years:Joseph Baillon was the seventh son of Louis Augustin and Mary Julia Baillon...
- 1948 Major-General William DimolineWilliam Alfred DimolineMajor-General William Alfred Dimoline CB CMG CBE DSO MC was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II...
- 1 September 1951 Major-General John EldridgeJohn Eldridge (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir John Eldridge KBE CB DSO MC was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.-Military career:Eldridge was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1915 during World War I and served in France and Belgium....
- 1953 Major-General Edward Burke-GaffneyEdward Burke-GaffneyMajor-General Edward Sebastian Burke-Gaffney was a British Army officer who commanded Aldershot District.-Military career:Burke-Gaffney was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1920. In 1933 he became the Officer Commanding the Gentleman Cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich...
- 8 February 1954 Major-General Sir Douglas CampbellAlexander Douglas CampbellMajor-General Sir Alexander Douglas Campbell KBE CB DSO MC was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.-Military career:...
- 7 February 1956 Major-General Ronald Bramwell DavisRonald Bramwell DavisMajor-General Ronald Albert Bramwell Davis CB DSO was a keen cricketer as well as General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.-Military career:...
- 7 February 1960 Major-General Sir Denis O’ConnorDenis O'Connor (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Denis Stuart Scott O'Connor KBE CB was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.-Military career:O'Connor was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1927 and was deployed in India from 1929 to 1935....
- 8 November 1961 Major-General John MetcalfeJohn Metcalfe (British Army officer)Major-General John Francis Metcalfe CB CBE was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.-Military career:Educated at Radley College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Metcalfe was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment in 1928.He served in World War II becoming an Instructor at...
- 7 November 1963 Major-General Patrick ManPatrick ManMajor General Patrick Holberton Man CB CBE DSO MC was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.-Military career:Man was commissioned into the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1933....
- 4 July 1966 Major-General Charles StainforthCharles StainforthMajor-General Charles Herbert Stainforth CB OBE was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.-Military career:Stainforth was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1936 and fought in World War II: he transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps in 1948.He also fought in Korea being appointed an...
South East District
- November 1969 Major-General Robert PenfoldRobert Penfold (British Army officer)Major-General Robert Bernard Penfold CB MVO is a former British Army officer who commanded South East District.-Military career:Penfold was commissioned into the Royal Leicestershire Regiment in 1936 and then transferred to the Indian Army. He served in World War II as an officer in Iraqforce and...
- April 1972 Lieutenant-General Sir Allan TaylorAllan Taylor (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Allan Macnab Taylor KBE MC is a former British Army officer who commanded 1st Division.-Military career:Taylor was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1940 during World War II...
- December 1972 Lieutenant-General Sir Terence McMeekinTerence McMeekinLieutenant-General Sir Terence Douglas Herbert McMeekin KCB OBE is a former British Army officer who commanded 3rd Division.-Military career:...
- December 1974 Lieutenant-General Sir James WilsonJames Wilson (British Army officer)Lieutenant-General Sir James Wilson KBE MC was a British Army officer who commanded South East District.-Military career:...
- May 1977 Lieutenant-General Sir Anthony Farrar-HockleyAnthony Farrar-HockleyGeneral Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC , affectionately known as 'Farrar the Para' , was a British soldier and a military historian who distinguished himself in a number of British conflicts...
- May 1979 Lieutenant-General Sir George CooperGeorge Cooper (British Army officer)General Sir George Leslie Conroy Cooper GCB MC DL is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Cambridge, George Cooper was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1945. He joined the Bengal Sappers & Miners...
- January 1981 Lieutenant-General Sir Paul TraversPaul TraversLieutenant General Sir Paul Athony Travers KCB is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Travers was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment in 1947....
- February 1982 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard TrantRichard TrantGeneral Sir Richard Brooking Trant, KCB, DL was an officer in the British Army. He was Land Deputy Commander in the Falklands War, and served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1983 to 1986....
- September 1983 Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Howlett
- December 1985 Lieutenant-General Sir Michael GrayMichael Gray (British Army officer)Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Gray KCB, OBE, DL was a senior British Army officer who was General Officer Commanding South East District from 1985 to 1988, Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment from 1990 to 1993 and Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1995 to 1998.-Military...
- January 1988 Lieutenant-General Sir Peter de la BillièrePeter de la BillièreGeneral Sir Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC & Bar is a former British Army officer who was Director SAS during the Iranian Embassy Siege and Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in the 1990 Gulf War...
- December 1990 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard SwinburnRichard SwinburnLieutenant General Sir Richard Hull Swinburn KCB was Commander of the UK Field Army.-Military career:Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Swinburn was commissioned into the 17th/21st Lancers in 1957....
Southern District
- February 1994 Lieutenant-General Sir Anthony Denison-SmithAnthony Denison-SmithLieutenant General Sir Anthony Arthur Denison-Smith KBE DL is a former British Army officer who commanded 1st Armoured Division.-Military career:...