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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
With thanks to David A. Ryan, Graham Watson, and Robert Michel
Headquarters, Aldershot Command
3 September 1939
 
Aldershot Command
Headquarters: Aldershot
Encompassing the River Loddon where crossed by the Southern Railway at Loddon Brigde (south-east of Reading) along the railway through Wokingham, Bracknell and Ascot to Sunningdale – thence the eastern boudaries of the parishes of Chobham and Horsell to the railway at Woking – thence southward along the railway (omitting the portions of the parishes of Guildford and Artington to the west of the railway and the three small portions of Sussex lying to the north of the railway) to Liss – thence northward along the road leading to Reading, through Selborne, Alton and Odiham (but inclusive of the portions of the parishes of Alton and Chawton lying west of that road) – to Swallowfield – thence along the River Loddon to Loddon Brigde.
GENERAL OFFICIER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF LTG Sir John Greer Dill
    Personal Appointment
       Aides-de-Camp CPT  R.W.M. de Winton
CPT  C.I.H. Dunbar (extra, unpaid)
STAFF
    General Staff
        Brigadier BG  A.E. Percival
        General Staff Officer, 2nd grade LTC  C.B. Robertson
        General Staff Officer, 3rd grade CPT  K.G. Exham
        General Staff Officer for Weapon Training MAJ  W.P.E. Walton
        General Staff Officer for Physical Training MAJ  E.A.L. Oldfield
        General Staff Officer for Anti-gas Training CPT  H. Du P. Finch
        Air Liasons Officer (General Staff Officer, 3rd grade) MAJ  J.T. de H. Valzey (attd. R.A.F.)
MAJ  G. Ilderton (attd. R.A.F.)
CPT  A.D.J. Steward (attd. R.A.F.)
    Adjutant-General's and Quarter-Master-General's Staff
        Major-General in charge of Admininstration MG   C.N.F. Broad
        Asst. Adjt.-Gen. COL   E.H. Carkeet James
        Asst. Qr.-Mr.-Gen. COL   J.G. Halsted
        Dep. Asst. Qr.-Mr.-Gen. LTC  H.N. Gallagher
        Staff Captain CPT  A.J.D. Turner
ATTACHED TO THE STAFF
    Artillery
        Brigadier, Royal Artillery MG  F.N. Mason MacFarlane
        Staff Officer, Royal Artillery (G.S.O., 3rd grade) MAJ  S.B. Rawlins
    Engineers
        Chief Engineer BG  R.I. Bond
        Deputy Chief Engineers COL   L.C. Reid
        Staff Officers, Royal Engineers MAJ  T. Kimber
MAJ  E.A. Barclay-Smith
        Staff Officer, Royal Engineers (E. & M.) MAJ  W.A.R. Smith
    Signals
        Chief Signal Officer COL   C.W. Fladgate
        Asst. to Chief Signal Officer MAJ  L.D. Goddard
SERVICES
    Engineer Services (under Chief Engineer)
        Senior Surveyor of Works MAJ  (Surv. of Works) J.B. Marks
        Command Land Agent CPT  E.J. Ward
    Chaplaincy Services
        Asst. Chaplain-General ?
    Supplies and Transport
        Asst. Dir. of Supplies and Transport BG  C. Le B. Goldney
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Supplies and Transport MAJ  W.P. Pessell
        Staff Captain CPT  T.H. Martelli
    Medical
        Dept. Dir. of Medical Services MG  F.D.G. Howell
        Asst. Dir. of Medical Services LTC  H. Walker
        Asst. Dir. of Hygiene LTC  J.G. Ronaldson
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Hygiene MAJ  C. Ryles
        Asst. Dir. of Pathology MAJ  F.J. Hallinan
        Asst. Dir. of Dental Service COL   G.F. Charles
    Ordnance
        Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services COL   K.F. Faruharson-Roberts
        Dept. Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services MAJ  K.G. Clissold
        Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer COL   J.D. White (also O.C. R.A.O.C.)
    Pay
        Command Paymaster COL   L.J. Lightfoot
        Asst. Command Paymaster LTC  R.G. Stanham
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
    Asst. Millitary Secretary MAJ  O.W.D. Smith
    Assistant Provost Marshal CPT  H.S. Olsen
    Command Barrack Officer MAJ  R.P.H. Eyre
    Dep. Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services (Field Stores) LTC  B.C. Lester
    Supervising Officer for Physical Training CPT  G.R.S. Drought
    Passive Air Defence Officer Hon. BG  C. Burton
MAJ  S.F.M. Ferguson
COL   G.J.V. Shepherd
MAJ  F.A. Magnay
    Command Education Officer LTC  S.G. Simpson
    Camp Quarter Master MAJ  (Qr.-Mr.) G. Baker
    Retired Officer LTC  J.McM. Milling
MAJ  C.B.J. Bishop
At Outstation:
        Garrison Adjutants MAJ  P.H. Hight
MAJ  L.A. Manly
MAJ  H. Cave-Browne
DEPARTMENT OF THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR
(detached from the War Office for duty at Headquarters of the Command)
    Army Auditor Mr. B.A.G. Willis
    Assistant Army Auditor Mr. T. Rishworth
 
Railway Training Centre, Royal Engineers
(Longmoor)
Commandant ?
Instructors MAJ  G.N. Russel
CPT  I.L.H. Mackillop
MAJ  J.C.B. Wakeford
MAJ  E.L. Parkes
 
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