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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
With thanks to Alan Philson
General Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force
10 May 1940
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF GEN the Viscount Gort
Personal Staff
   Personal Assistants MAJ   L.W.H. Kerr
CPT   E.U.O'B. Oyler
MAJ   H.C.H. Illingworth
CPT   A.H. Jeffreys
MAJ   A.C. Shortt
General Staff
   Chief of the General Staff LTG   H.R. Pownall
      Deputy Chief of the General Staff MG   P. Neame
         Brigadiers, General Staff BG   J.G. des R. Swayne
BG   D.G. Watson
BG   N.M. Ritchie
      Director of Military Intelligence MG   F.N. Mason MacFarlane
Adjutants-General and Quarter-Masters-General Staff
   Adjutant-General LTG   Sir W. Douglas S. Brownrigg
      Deputy Adjutants and Quarter-Masters-General BG   J.G. Halsted
BG   H.M. Gale
BG   G.E. Mansergh
         Assistant Adjutants-General The Hon. BG   J. Whitehead
COL   C.W.M. Firth
LTC   H.W. Wiebkin
LTC   J.C. Latter
   Quarter-Master-General LTG   W.G. Lindsell
      Deputy Quarter-Master-General BG   C. Greenslade
         Assistant Quarter-Masters-General LTC   H.N. Kernack
LTC   A.I. Nixon
LTC   T.J.W. Winterton
COL   A.E.Q. Perkins
LTC   S. Naylor
LTC   L. Monier-Williams
LTC   R.K. Hewer
BG   I.C. Grant
LTC   C.A.P. Murison
Attached to the Staff
   MAJ  or-General, Royal Artillery MG   S.R. Wason
      Brigadier, Royal Artillery BG   W.E. Duncan
   Deputy Director of Artillery COL   J.M.D. Wood
      Deputy Assistant Director of Artillery MAJ   R.D. Neville
   Instructor in Artillery MAJ   J.G. Perry
      Chief Instructor in Artillery LTC   C.M. Christie
   Engineer-in-Chief MG   R.P. Pakenham-Walsh
      Deputy Engineer-in-Chief BG   C.J.S. King
         Chief Engineers BG   R.L. Bond
BG   C.C. Phipps
COL   J.E. Chippindall
BG   J.H. Stafford
            Deputy Chief Engineers COL   J.L. French
   Commanders, Royal Engineers LTC   E.T.G. Carter
LTC   B.T. Godfrey-Faussett
      Deputy Commanders, Royal Engineers 1LT   H.D.C. Cottingham
MAJ   A.P.A. Lewis
         Assistant Commander, Royal Engineers 1LT   W. Baxter
   Assistant Director of Survey LTC   R.P. Wheeler
   Director of Works BG   W.C.B.E. Cave-Browne
   Deputy Directors of Works COL   P.W. Clark
COL   V.E.G. Guinsess
COL   H.H. Bateman
LTC   A.H. Lloyd
      Assistant Directors of Works vacant
   Instructors in Searchlights MAJ   J.H. Boyd
MAJ   L.E.C.M. Perowne
CPT   J.S. Close
MAJ   R.K. Milar
CPT   K.A. MacIntosh
MAJ   C.R. Bankart
   Instructors in Fire Control MAJ   A.C. Curtis
MAJ   R.L. Yates
CPT   P.A.O. Northey
CPT   E.H. Cox
CPT   R.O'N. Pearson
1LT   A.J.G. Hope
1LT   A.A. Eden
1LT   C.M. Inigo-Jones
1LT   J.S. Biscoe
1LT   H.H. Heath
1LT   A.E. Deakin
MAJ   E. Stoddart
CPT   J.R.G. Walker
CPT   J.C.W. August
CPT   F.W. Baston
CPT   R.S.E.M. Vinning
1LT   R.R. Lindsay
1LT   F.P. Rickard
1LT   F.C.J. Smith
1LT   H.K. Milward
CPT   H. Woodward
1LT   J.P.G. Lewis
CPT   C.T. Orton
   Signal Officer-in-Chief BG   R. Chenevix Trench
      Chief Signal Officers COL   C.W. Fladgate
COL   A.C. Sykes
COL   Fitz A. Drayson
The Hon. BG   H.C. Smith
      Deputy Assistant Director of Signals LTC   P.B.D.H. Foot
Services
   Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces Rev. A.T.A. Naylor
      Assistant Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces Rev. J. Coghlan
   Director of Supplies and Transport BG   G.K. Archibald
      Deputy Directors of Supplies and Transport COL   A.B.P. Pereira
COL   A.E. Holbrook
   Director of Medical Services MG   J.W.L. Scott
      Deputy Directors of Medical Services COL   F.R. Coppinger
COL   G.F. Dawson
COL   A.L. Stevenson
      Deputy Assistant Directors of Hygiene MAJ   C.K. Carroll
MAJ   W.B. Stevenson
MAJ   P.T.L. Day
   Director of Ordnance Services BG   A.C.V. Gibson
      Principal Director of Ordnance Services BG   J.D. White
      Deputy Director of Ordnance Services COL   C. Cansdale
   Paymaster-in-Chief BG   G.A.C. Ormsby-Johnson
      Chief Paymaster COL   W.J.H. Bilderbeck
      Staff Paymasters, 1st Class LTC   A.A. Cockburn
LTC   C.N. Bednall
      Staff Paymasters, 2nd Class MAJ   E.F. Cox
MAJ   O.P.J. Rooney
   Assistant Director of Veterinary Services LTC   E.S.W. Peatt
Special Appointments
   Military Secretary BG   Sir Colin A. Jardine
      Assistant Military Secretaries BG   C.A. West
LTC   J.C.R. Gannon
LTC   F.E.W. Simpson
         Deputy Assistant Military Secretaries MAJ   O.W.D. Smith
   Chief Liason Officer MG   H.R.H the Duke Of Gloucester
      Liason Officers MG   Sir Richard G.H. Howard-Vyse
MAJ   M. Petherick
1LT   G.A.H. Cardwell
CPT   W.O.E. Beck
2LT   I.K. MacRosty
CPT   R.W. Smith
      Military Liason Officer COL   B. Turnbull
         Assistant Military Liason Officer CPT   K.M. Walker
      Air Liason Officer 1LT   J.W. Taylor
   Deputy Judge Advocate General The Hon. BG   H.S. Barrett
      Assistant Deputy Judge Advocate General MAJ   the Lord Russell of Liverpool
   Financial Adviser BG   S.N. Rice
      Assistant Financial Adviser LTC   J.W. Hall
   President Claims Commission and Director of Hirings COL   H.C. Cole
      Deputy Assistant Director of Hirings MAJ   N.F. Woodroffe
   General Staff Officer for Chemical Warfare MAJ   J.H. St. Johnston
   Provost Marshal COL   S.V. Kennedy
      Assistant Provost Marshals MAJ   G. Ingham
LTC   J.A. Jervois
MAJ   C.F.O.G. Forbes
MAJ   N.C.M. Sykes
CPT   W.T.F. Holland
MAJ   A.F. Senior
MAJ   B.F. Wilson
      Field Security Police Officer CPT   J.R.E. Guild
   Base Commandant BG   J.A.A. Griffin
   Director of Labour BG   A.L.I. Friend
      Deputy Director of Labour COL   M.J. O'Brien-Twohig
         Deputy Assistant Directors of Labour MAJ   V.R.C. Dill
MAJ   C.C. Dowding
MAJ   G.D. Hill

 
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