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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
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Malaya
3 September 1939
 
Malaya
Headquarters: Singapore
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and their Dependencies, High Commissioner for the Protected States in the Malaya Peninsula and Brunei, and British Agent for the States of North Borneo and Sawarak Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
        Aide-de-Camp CPT  R.A. Gwyn
   

Malaya Command
Headquarters: Singapore
GENERAL OFFICIER COMMANDING MG  L.V. Bond
    Personal Appointment
        Aide-de-Camp 1LT  O.C.S. Lewis
   
    General Staff
        General Staff Officer, 1st grade COL   E.G. Miles
        General Staff Officer, 2nd grade MAJ  F.H. Vinden
MAJ  V.R.W. Crawford
        General Staff Officer, 3rd grade MAJ  G.A. Palmer
        General Staff Officer for Anti-gas Training CPT  C.P.G. de Winton
    Adjutant-General's and Quarter-Master-General's Staff
        Asst. Adjt. and Qr.-Mr.-Gen. i/c of Administration BG  M.A. Studd
        Dep. Asst. Adjt.-Gen. MAJ  R.A.G. Murphy
        Dep. Asst. Qr.-Mrs.-Gen. MAJ  L.B. Green
ATTACHED TO THE STAFF
    Artillery
        Commander, Fixed Defences BG  A.D. Curtis
        Brigade Major MAJ  H.C. Phillips
        Instructors in Gunnery MAJ  A.E. Tawney
MAJ  A.V. Bird
CPT  G.L. Ryan
    Engineers
        Chief Engineer COL   J.A.C. Pennycuick
        Staff Officer, Royal Engineers MAJ  W.H. Waring
        Staff Officer, Royal Engineers (E. & M.) MAJ  J.A. Rendle
    Signals
        Command Signal Officer MAJ  R.G.L. Giblin
SERVICES
    Chaplaincy Services
        Asst. Chaplain-General Rev. W.M.A. Farren
    Supplies and Transport
        Officer Commanding, Royal Army Service Corps LTC  C.E. Davis
    Medical
        Asst. Dir. of Medical Services COL   C.H. Stringer
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Hygiene MAJ  J.J. O'Dwyer
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Pathology MAJ  L.R.S. MacFarlane
    Ordnance
        Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services LTC  G.C. Evelegh (also O.C. R.A.O.C.)
        Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer LTC  J.P. McLare
    Pay
        Command Paymaster COL   P.L. Oldham
        Asst. Command Paymaster MAJ  B.L. Burgess
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
    Command Education Officer (Class FF) MAJ  B. St. J. Storrs
At Outstation:
        Garrison Adjutant CPT  J.A.H. Mitchell
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. E.C.A. Larkins
        Assistant Financial Adviser and Assistant Auditor Mr. J.E. Dowty
 
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