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Abercromby, Ralph
Acton, John Francis Edward
Alexander, Harold
Allenby, Henry Hynman
Anson, George
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre
Baden-Powell, Robert
Beatty, David
Birdwood, William
Brock, Isaac
Brooke, Alan Francis
Brooke-Popham, Robert
Brudenell, James Thomas
Buckmaster, Maurice James
Buller, Redvers
Charles Edward
Chetwode, Philip Walhouse
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Coote, Eyre
Cornwallis, Charles
Cornwallis, William
Cunningham, Alan
Cunningham, Andrew
Dalrymple, Hew
Dempsey, Miles
Dowding, Hugh
Drummond, William
Duncan
Dundas, Richard
Edward VIII
Elizabeth II
Forster, Thomas
French, John Denton Pikstone
Gage, Thomas
George I
Gordon, Charles George Hamilton
Haig, Douglas
Hamilton, Ian Standish Monteith
Harris, Arthur Travers
Hicks, William
Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps
Horne
Horrocks, Brian
Horton, Max Kennedy
Howe
Ironside
Jervis, John
Lambart
Lease, Oliver
Leese, Oliver
Leigh-Mallory, Trafford
Lumsden
Marshall, William Raine
Maude, Frederick Stanley
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Murray
Nelson, Horatio
Pakenham, William Christopher
Pakenham, Willim Christopher
Peirse, Richard
Philip
Pound, Dudley
Ramsay, Bertram
Ritchie, Neil
Rushworth, John Rushworth
Simpson
Slim, William
Somerset, Fitzroy
Vereker
Wager, Charles
Wavell
Wellesley, Arthur
Wilson
Wilson, Jumbo
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Commander
History of Great Britain

              

1707
George I
River Rhine Appointed Commander of the Imperial Army on the Upper Rhine, 1707-1709
1707
Wager, Charles
Appointed Commander of the West Indies Fleet
1714
Forster, Thomas
Appointed Commander of the Jacobite forces in England
1722
Anson, George
Appointed Commander
1744
Charles Edward
Appointed head of the Jacobite faction in France
1745
Drummond, William
Appointed Commander of the Jacobite Army. shares joint command
1745
Murray
Appointed joint Commander of the Jacobite Army
1761
Coote, Eyre
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1763
Gage, Thomas
London Appointed Commander of the British forces in America
1763
Jervis, John
Appointed Commander of the Alarm after the Treaty of Paris
1765
Gage, Thomas
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1777
Coote, Eyre
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1779
Acton, John Francis Edward
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Neopolitan Navy
1780
Cornwallis, Charles
Appointed Commander of the South
1786
Cornwallis, Charles
Appointed Commander-in-Chief, India
1792
Howe
Channel Appointed Commander of the Channel Fleet
1795
Duncan
London Appointed Commander of the North Sea Fleet
1795
Jervis, John
Paris Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet
1796
Cornwallis, William
Appointed Commander of the West Indies
1796
Wellesley, Arthur
June Appointed Commander of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, India
1797
Abercromby, Ralph
Appointed Commander of the forces in Ireland
1798
Abercromby, Ralph
Appointed Commander of the forces in Scotland
1799
Abercromby, Ralph
Appointed Commander of the forces in the Netherlands
1800
Abercromby, Ralph
Appointed Commander of the British troops in the Mediterranean
1800
Jervis, John
Appointed Commander of the Channel Fleet
1801
Cornwallis, William
Appointed Commander of the English Channel
1803
Nelson, Horatio
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranaen
1807
Dalrymple, Hew
Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France
1807
Wellesley, Arthur
14th June Appointed Commander of the expedition to Portugal
1808
Wellesley, Arthur
London Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal
12th July London Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal
1810
Brock, Isaac
Ontario Appointed Commander of British forces in Upper Canada
1815
Wellesley, Arthur
22nd Oct Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied army
1827
Wellesley, Arthur
16th Jan London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, British Army
1836
Brudenell, James Thomas
Appointed Commander of the 11th Hussars
1842
Wellesley, Arthur
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1854
Somerset, Fitzroy
26th May Piraeus Promoted to full General and appointed to the command of the British troops sent to the Crimea in co-operation with a strong French army under Marshal St Arnaud and afterwards, up to May 1855, under Marshal Canrobert
1855
Dundas, Richard
Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1855
Simpson
28th June Appointed Commander of the British Field Force
1862
Gordon, Charles George Hamilton
Tientsin Appointed Commander of the Royal Engineers
1865
Gordon, Charles George Hamilton
Gravesend Appointed Commander of the Royal Engineers at Graves end
1877
Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps
London Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean
1883
Hicks, William
Appointed Commander of the Egyptian Army in Sudan
1897
Baden-Powell, Robert
25th Mar Appointed Commander of the 5th Dragoon Guards
1899
Buller, Redvers
Appointed Commander-in-Chief in SouthAfrica
14th Oct Sets sail in the Dunnotar Castle for Sth Africa
1902
French, John Denton Pikstone
Aldershot Appointed Commander of Aldershot
1914
Allenby, Henry Hynman
Appointed Commander of the Cavalry Division of the BEF
1914
Birdwood, William
Courtai Appointed Commander of the 5th Army
Gallipoli Appointed Commander of the ANZAC forces
1914
Dowding, Hugh
Appointed Commander of the Royal Flying Corps
1914
French, John Denton Pikstone
Aug Appointed Commander of the British Expeditionary Force
1914
Haig, Douglas
London Appointed Commander of the First Army as part of the BEF sent to France
1914
Hamilton, Ian Standish Monteith
Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Home Defense Army in Britain
1914
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Appointed Platoon Commander
1914
Pakenham, Willim Christopher
Appointed Commander of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron
1914
Rushworth, John Rushworth
London Appointed Commander of the Grand Fleet
1915
Allenby, Henry Hynman
Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army
Appointed Commander of the Third Army
Appointed Commander of V Corps
1915
French, John Denton Pikstone
Appointed Commander of the Home Forces
1915
Haig, Douglas
18th Dec London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1915
Hamilton, Ian Standish Monteith
Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
1915
Horne
London Appointed Commander of the 1st Corps in France
1915
Marshall, William Raine
Gallipoli Appointed Commander of the 87th Brigade at Gallipoli
1915
Maude, Frederick Stanley
Gallipoli Appointed Commander of the 13th Division at Gallipoli
1916
Beatty, David
Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet
1916
Chetwode, Philip Walhouse
Appointed Commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force
1916
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
1st Jan London Appointed Commander of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, battalion of the 9th Division
4th Jan Appointed Commander of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers
4th Jan London Appointed Commander with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1916
Horne
London Appointed Commander of the 15th Corps in France
London Appointed Commander of the 1st Army
1916
Marshall, William Raine
Sep Mesopotamia Appointed Commander in Mesopotamia
1916
Maude, Frederick Stanley
Appointed Commander of the Tigris Corps
1916
Pakenham, William Christopher
Appointed Commander of the Battle Cruisr Force
1917
Allenby, Henry Hynman
9th June Appointed Commander of the BEF 3rd Army
17th June London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, EEF
1917
Lambart
Appointed Commander of the 14th Corps in the Guards Division in Italy
1917
Marshall, William Raine
Nov Appointed Commander of the Tigris Corps
1917
Wilson
Appointed Commander of the Eastern Command
1918
Haig, Douglas
28th July London Appointed Commander of the French 1st Army by Foch for the Amiens Offensive
1918
Harris, Arthur Travers
Appointed Commander of 44 Squadron in France
1918
Ironside
Appointed to command the British forces at Archangel
1918
Lambart
Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British troops in Italy
1919
Horne
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief in the East
1920
Ironside
London Appointed Commander of the Allied forces in North Persia
1920
Marshall, William Raine
Appointed Commander of the Northern Army in India
1921
Brooke-Popham, Robert
London Appointed Commander of the RAF Staff College
1928
Ironside
London Appointed Commander of the British forces in the Meerut District, India
1936
Dowding, Hugh
London Appointed Head of RAF Fighter Command
1936
Pound, Dudley
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean
1937
Brooke, Alan Francis
London Appointed Commander of the Mobile Division
1937
Horton, Max Kennedy
London Appointed Commander of the Reserve Fleet
1937
Wavell
Appointed Commander-in-Chief in Palestine
1938
Alexander, Harold
Appointed Commander 1st Division
1938
Brooke, Alan Francis
Appointed Commander of the Anti-Aircraft Corps
1938
Ironside
London Appointed Commander of the Middle East Forces
1939
Brooke, Alan Francis
Appointed Commander of the 2nd Corps of the British Expeditionary Force in France
1939
Cunningham, Andrew
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1939
Harris, Arthur Travers
Appointed Commander Bomber Group 5
1939
Horton, Max Kennedy
Appointed Commander of the Northern Patrol
1939
Montgomery, Bernard Law
28th Aug Appointed Commander of the 3rd Division
1939
Vereker
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1939
Wavell
Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East
Aug Cairo Establishes his HQ in Cairo
1940
Alexander, Harold
May Dunkirk Appointed Commander of the British Exteditionary Force
1940
Brooke, Alan Francis
19th July Appointed Commander of the Home Forces
19th July Appointed Commander of the Home Forces after the evacuation at Dunkirk
1940
Brooke-Popham, Robert
Appointed Commander-in-Chief, British forces remaining in France after Dunkirk
Appointed Commander-in-Chief, British in France after Dunkirk
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Far East
1940
Edward VIII