List of senior officers of British 1st Armoured Division

This is a list of senior officers of the British 1st Armoured Division.

General Officers Commanding

Major General R. Evans 03/09/39-24/08/40
Major General C. W. M. Norrie
Charles Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie
Lieutenant-General Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC & Bar was a British Army general during World War II, following which he served terms as Governor of South Australia and the eighth Governor-General of New Zealand.-Army career:After education at Eton and...

24/08/40-05/05/41
Major General H. Lumsden
Herbert Lumsden
Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden, CB, DSO, MC, psc was a British Army general during World War II.-Early career:...

12/02/41-19/07/42 (wounded)
Major General A. H. Gatehouse 19/07/42-22/07/42 (wounded)
Brigadier A. E. Fisher 22/07/42-15/08/42 (acting GOC)
Major General H. Lumsden 15/08/42-19/08/42
Major General R. Briggs
Raymond Briggs (British Army officer)
Major-General Raymond Briggs CB DSO was a British Army officer who led 2nd Armoured Brigade at the Second Battle of El Alamein.-Military career:...

19/08/42-27/04/43
Brigadier T. J. B. Bosville 27/04/43-01/05/43 (acting GOC)
Major General R. Briggs 01/05/43-15/07/43
Brigadier R. Peake 15/07/43-17/07/43 (acting GOC)
Major General A. Galloway
Alexander Galloway
Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Galloway KBE, CB, DSO, MC was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II...

17/07/43-18/02/44
Brigadier E. P. N. Jones 18/02/44-29/02/44 (acting GOC)
Major General A. Galloway 29/04/44-08/03/44
Brigadier R. W. Goodbody 08/03/44-14/03/44 (acting GOC)
Brigadier E. P. N. Jones 14/03/44-19/03/44 (acting GOC)
Colonel J. R. MacDonnell 19/03/44-24/03/44 (acting GOC)
Brigadier E. P. N. Jones 24/03/44-27/03/44 (acting GOC)
Major General A. Galloway 27/03/44-10/04/44
Brigadier E. P. N. Jones 10/04/44-15/04/44 (acting GOC)
Major General A. Galloway 15/04/44-27/04/44
Brigadier E. P. N. Jones 27/04/44-10/05/44 (acting GOC)
Major General A. Galloway 10/05/44-14/08/44
Major General R. A. Hull 14/08/44-24/11/44
Lieutenant Colonel T. E. F. Vogel 24/11/44-11/10/45

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