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Headquarters, British Troops in Egypt, Middle East Command
3 September 1939
 
British Troops in Egypt
Headquarters: Cairo, Egypt
GENERAL OFFICIER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF LTG   H.M. Wilson
    Personal Appointment
        Aide-de-Camp CPT  J.T. Harington
STAFF
    General Staff
        Brigadier BG  A.F. Smith
        General Staff Officers, 2nd grade LTC  A.P. Campbell
MAJ  A.G.V. Paley
        General Staff Officers, 3rd grade MAJ  A.F. Somerset
MAJ  J.G. Clarke
        General Staff Officer for Physical & Weapon Training CPT  A.H. Kelly
        General Staff Officer for Anti-gas Training MAJ  S.F. Saville
        Air Liason Officer (General Staff Officer, 3rd grade) MAJ  L.R.C. Watson (attd. R.A.F.)
    Adjutant-General's and Quarter-Master-General's Staff
        Brigadier in charge of Admininstration BG  N.W. Napier-Clavering
        Asst. Adjt.-Gen. COL   T.F.V. Foster
        Asst. Qr.-Mr.-Gen. COL   J.F.W. Allen
        Dep. Asst. Qr.-Mr.-Gen. MAJ  E.S. Unwin
        Staff Captains CPT  F.L. Saunders
CPT  N.R. Salew
ATTACHED TO THE STAFF
    Engineers
        Chief Engineer BG  E.F. Tickell
        Staff Officer, Royal Engineers MAJ  H.W. Bush
        Staff Officer, Royal Engineers (E. & M.) MAJ  R. Stillingfleet
    Signals
        Chief Signal Officer COL   W.M. Miller
    Transportation
        Staff Captain MAJ  J.F.M. Leese
        Movement Control Officer CPT  F.L. Leland
SERVICES
    Engineer Services (under Chief Engineer)
        Senior Surveyor of Works MAJ  (Surv. of Works) J.A. Cunningham
    Chaplaincy Services
        Asst. Chaplain-General Rev. A.J. Wilcox
    Supplies and Transport
        Asst. Dir. of Supplies and Transport COL   J.C. Armstrong
        Dep. Asst. Dirs. of Supplies and Transport MAJ  J.K. Gillespie
MAJ  C.E.R. Ince
    Medical
        Dep. Dir. of Medical Services COL   P.S. Tomlinson
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Medical Services MAJ  J.M. Macfle
        Asst. Dir. of Hygiene LTC  J.C. Sproule
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Pathology MAJ  D.W. Beamish
        Asst. Dir. of Dental Services LTC  J.P. Duguid
    Ordnance
        Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services COL   C.A.H. Montanaro (also O.C. R.A.O.C.)
        Dept. Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services LTC  A.C.H. Eagles
        Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer COL   W. White
    Pay
        Command Paymaster COL   H. Genge-Andrews
        Asst. Command Paymaster MAJ  S.N. Hill
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
    Asst. Millitary Secretary CPT  J.B. Ford
    Assistant Provost Marshal MAJ  B.W. King
    Command Education Officer LTC  W. MacLean
    Camp Commandant CPT  (Qr.-Mr.) S.A. Rose
At Outstations:
        Garrison Adjutant Quarter-Master, Abbasia 1LT  C.G. Lakin-Smith
        Garrison Adjutant Quarter-Master, Alexandria CPT  H.M.A. Sanford
        Garrison Adjutant Quarter-Master, Cairo CPT  H.A.V. Eiliott
        Garrison Adjutant Quarter-Master, Moascar 1LT  B.N.G. Bleackley
DEPARTMENT OF THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR
(detached from the War Office for duty at Headquarters of the Command)
    Financial Adviser and Auditor Mr. P.J. Bell
    Assistant Financial Adviser and Assistant Auditor Mr. H.J. Kilpatrick
 
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