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1916

September 1916

Commander in Chief

Marshall, William Raine · Mesopotamia · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Mesopotamia

1916

Commander in Chief

Beatty, David Beatty, 1st · Earl · Commander of Combined Fleet

Appointed Commander in Chief, Grand Fleet

1917

June 17th, 1917

Commander in Chief

Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st · London · Viscount · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief, EEF

1918

Commander in Chief

Lambart Cavan, 10th · Earl · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief of the British troops in Italy

1919

Commander in Chief

Horne Stirkoke, 1st · London · Baron · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief in the East

1920

Commander in Chief

Marshall, William Raine · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander of the Northern Army in India

1936

Commander in Chief

Pound, Dudley · London · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief, Mediterranean

1937

Commander in Chief

Wavell, Archibald Wavell, 1st · Earl · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief in Palestine

1939

August 1939

Commander in Chief

Wavell, Archibald Wavell, 1st · Earl · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief of the Middle East

1939

Commander in Chief

Cunningham, Andrew · London · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief

1939

Commander in Chief

Vereker Gort, 6th · London · Viscount · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief

1940

July 19th, 1940

Commander in Chief

Brooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st · Viscount · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander of the Home Forces

1940

Commander in Chief

Brooke-Popham, Robert · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief, British forces remaining in France after Dunkirk

1940

Commander in Chief

Brooke-Popham, Robert · London · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief, Far East

1940

Commander in Chief

Edward VIII · King · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief

1941

July 1st, 1941

Commander in Chief

Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief

1941

Commander in Chief

Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st · Cyrenaica · Baron · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander of Cyrenaica

1941

Commander in Chief

Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st · London · Baron · Commander in Chief

Appointed to commands the forces in Palestine & Transjordan. Appointed Military Governor of forces in Greece

1941

Commander in Chief

Wavell, Archibald Wavell, 1st · London · Earl · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief

1941

Commander in Chief

Vereker Gort, 6th · Gibraltar · Viscount · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief of Gibraltar

1942

October 1942

Commander in Chief

Buckmaster, Maurice James · Commander in Chief

Appointed SOE Commander of the Independent French

1942

Commander in Chief

Horton, Max Kennedy · London · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief, Western Approaches

1942

Commander in Chief

Peirse, Richard · London · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander of Air forces in India

1942

Commander in Chief

Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st · London · Baron · Commander in Chief

Commands forces in Persia & Iraq

1942

Commander in Chief

Vereker Gort, 6th · Malta · Viscount · Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief of Malta

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