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Chief of Imperial General Staff (CIGS)

Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

9Records
1912–1946Date range
8Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1912

John Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1st1912

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff

1914

John Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1stApril 1914

Warfare / Military

Resigns as Chief of the Imperial General Staff after the Curragh Mutiny

1918

Henry Hughes Wilson1918

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff

1926

Alfred Milner Milner, 1st1926

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of General Staff

1933

Bernard Law Montgomery-Massingberd1933

Warfare / Military

Appointed CIGS

1936

Cyril Deverell1936

Warfare / Military

Appointed CIGS

1939

Ironside Ironside, 1st1 September 1939

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Imperial General Staff

1941

Alan Francis Brooke Brooke, 1st1941

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the Imperial General Staff

1946

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st1946

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff

Names involved

Alan Francis Brooke Brooke, 1stAlfred Milner Milner, 1stBernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1stBernard Law Montgomery-MassingberdCyril DeverellHenry Hughes WilsonIronside Ironside, 1stJohn Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1st

Provenance

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