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This is a 'list of senior officers of the British Army'. See also Commander in Chief of the Forces, Chief of the General Staff, and Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

Contents

Captains-General of the British Army, 1660-1809

Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces, 1672-1904

Chiefs of the General Staff, 1904-1908

Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff 1908-1964

Chiefs of the General Staff, 1964-present

Deputy Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff

Vice Chiefs of the Imperial Staff

Adjutant-General to the Forces

Quartermaster-General to the Forces

Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces/UK Land Command

References

Captains-General of the British Army, 1660-1809

★ George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle 1660-1670

★ office vacant 1670-1678

★ James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1678-1679

★ office vacant 1679-1702

★ John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough 1702-1711

★ James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 1711-1714

★ John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough 1714-1717

★ office vacant 1717-1744

★ Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland 1744-1757

★ office vacant 1757-1799

★ Prince Frederick, Duke of York 1799-1809

Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces, 1672-1904

See article on Commander-in-Chief of the Forces

Chiefs of the General Staff, 1904-1908

★ Sir Neville Lyttelton 1904-1908

Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff 1908-1964

See article on Chief of the Imperial General Staff

Chiefs of the General Staff, 1964-present

See article on Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)

Deputy Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff

★ Sir Lancelot Kiggell 1914

★ Major-General Robert Whigham 1915

★ Sir Archibald Murray 1915

★ Major-General Sir Charles Harington 1918 - 1920

★ Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode, 1920-1922

★ Major-General Hugh Massy 1939 - 1940

★ Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Weeks 15 June 1942 - 29 May 1945

★ Lieutenant-General Sir Sidney Kirkman 1945 - 1947

★ General Sir Kenneth Crawford

★ Sir Alfred Dudley Ward 1953 - 1956

★ Sir Harold Pyman 1958 - 1961

★ Lieutenant-General Sir John Anderson - 1963

★ Sir John Hackett 1963 - 1964

Vice Chiefs of the Imperial Staff

★ Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Haining 27 May 1940 - 19 May 1941

★ Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall 19 May 1941 - 5 December 1941

★ Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye 5 December 1941 - 1945

Adjutant-General to the Forces

See article on Adjutant-General to the Forces

Quartermaster-General to the Forces

See article on Quartermaster-General to the Forces

Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces/UK Land Command

See article on Commander-in-Chief, Land Command

References

★ Regiments website