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Commander in Chief

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

25Records
1939–1944Date range
13Named people
7Places

Chronological records

1939

Archibald Wavell Wavell, 1stAugust 1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief of the Middle East

Archibald Wavell Wavell, 1stAugust 1939

Cairo · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Establishes his HQ in Cairo

Andrew Cunningham1939

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief

Vereker Gort, 6th1939

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief

1940

Alan Francis Brooke Brooke, 1st19 July 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander of the Home Forces after the evacuation at Dunkirk

Robert Brooke-Popham1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief, British in France after Dunkirk

Edward VIII1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief

1941

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck1 July 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief

Vereker Gort, 6th1941

Gibraltar · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief of Gibraltar

Archibald Wavell Wavell, 1st1941

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief

Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1st1941

Cyrenaica · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Governs forces in Cyrenaica

Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1st1941

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

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

1942

Maurice James BuckmasterOctober 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed SOE Commander of the Independent French

Max Kennedy Horton1942

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief, Western Approaches

Richard Peirse1942

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander of Air forces in India

Vereker Gort, 6th1942

Malta · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief of Malta

Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1st1942

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands forces in Persia & Iraq

1943

Trafford Leigh-MalloryAugust 1943

Quebec · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck1943

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief in India

Richard Peirse1943

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander of Air forces in South East Asia

Bertram Ramsay1943

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief, Navy for Operation Overlord

Bertram Ramsay1943

Normandy · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander of Operation Neptune

Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1st1943

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands forces in the middle east

1944

Trafford Leigh-MalloryAugust 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Air Commander in Chief of South East Asia Command (SEAC)

Trafford Leigh-Mallory1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Air Commander in Chief of South East Asia Command (SEAC). Appointed Allied Air Commander in Chief, South East Asia

Names involved

Alan Francis Brooke Brooke, 1stAndrew CunninghamArchibald Wavell Wavell, 1stBertram RamsayClaude John Eyre AuchinleckEdward VIIIHenry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1stMaurice James BuckmasterMax Kennedy HortonRichard PeirseRobert Brooke-PophamTrafford Leigh-MalloryVereker Gort, 6th

Provenance

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