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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
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Headquarters, Northern Command, The Army in India
3 September 1939
 
Northern Command
Headquarters:  Rawalpindi
Encompassing   the North-West Frontier Provinces – Waziristan District – Kashmir State – the Punjab (less Districts of Rohtak and Gurgaon) – the Punjab States including the Punjab Hill States (less Khairpur, Tehri (Garhwal), Pataudi, Dujana and the Bawal District of the Nabha State).
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF GEN   Sir John F.S.D. Colerigde
    Personal Appointment
          Aide-de-Camp 1LT  D.C. Nation
STAFF
    General Staff
        Brigadier BG  J.F. Evetts  
        General Staff Officer, 2nd grade MAJ  D.C. Hawthorn
LTC  L.H. Cockram
        General Staff Officer, 3rd grade MAJ  M.R.R. Prentice
CPT  P.R. Macnamara
        Air Liason Officer General Staff Officer, 3rd grade MAJ  E.H.M. Parsons
    Adjutant-General's and Quater-Master-General's Staff
        Dep Adj. & Qr.-Mr.-Gen. MG  G. de la P. Beresford
        Asst. Adjt.-Gen. COL  N.G.R. Coats
        Dep. Asst. Adjt.-Gen. MAJ  J.E. Hirst
        Asst. Qr.-Mr.-Gen. COL  A.F. Chater
        Dep. Asst. Qr.-Mr.-Gen. MAJ  H.R. Officer
        Staff Captain MAJ  R.J.E. Springhall
ATTACHED TO THE STAFF
    Royal Armoured Corps
        Commander LTC  K.E.S. Stewart
    Artillery
       Brigadier, Royal Artillery BG  J.N. Thomason
        Staff Officer, Royal Artillery MAJ  J.F.C. Marshall
    Engineers
        Chief Engineer COL  H.C. Roome
        Dep. Chief Engineer COL  C.G. Martin
        Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, 2nd grade MAJ  E.V. Bowra
MAJ  H.P.R. Hutchins
MAJ  G.C. Clarke
CPT  G.A.T. Pritchard
    Signals
        Chief Signal Officer COL  R.E. Vyvyan
        Staff Officer to Chief Signal Officer (G.S.O., 2nd grade) CPT  E.C. Thompson
SERVICES
    Supplies and Transport
        Dep. Dir. of Supplies and Transport BG  G.E. Toynbee
        Asst. Dir. of Supplies LTC  F.D. Martin
        Asst. Dir. of Transport LTC  A. St. G. Adams
        Staff Captain MAJ  S.J.G.A. Cregan
        Staff Captain (Supplies) CPT  P. Morison
    Remounts
        Remounts Officer MAJ  T.J. Comerford
    Medical
        Dep. Dir. of Med. Servs. MG  W.H. Hamilton
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Med. Servs. (Mob.) LTC  W.L.E. Reynolds
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Med. Servs. LTC  E. Percival
        Asst. Dir. of Hygiene and Pathology LTC  F. Harris
    Ordnance
        Asst. Dir. of Ord. Serv. COL  F.H. Tounsend
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Ord. Serv. CPT  L.V.A. Brewester
        Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer COL  R.J. Wilkinson
    Veterinary
        Dep. Dir. of Vt. Serv. COL  J.O. Andrews
SPECIAL APPOINTMENT
    Asst. Mil. Sec. MAJ  G.H.D. Woollcombe
    Dep. Judge Advocate General LTC  H. Bullock
    Asst. Judge Advocate General MAJ  J.M.B.C. Plowden
    Dep. Asst. Judge Advocate General CPT  C.E. Thompson
    Dep. Asst. Judge Advocate General MAJ  R. de V. White
    Inspr. of Educational Training MAJ  E.K.B. Furze
 
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