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searchaux" style="display:none">Commander of the British Army in Ceylon until World War II</div> <p> <b>General Officer Commanding, Ceylon</b> (also known as <i><b>Commander of Troops</b></i> or <i><b>Officer Commanding His/Her Majesties Troops, Ceylon</b></i>) was the designation of the <a href="/wiki/General_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="General Officer">General Officer</a> appointed to command all <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> units stationed in the island of <a href="/wiki/Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon">Ceylon</a> during the British colonial administration of the island.<sup id="cite_ref-British_Commanders_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Commanders-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=General_Officer_Commanding,_Ceylon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The post entitled the holder a seat in the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Ceylon" title="Executive Council of Ceylon">Executive Council of Ceylon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Ceylon" title="Legislative Council of Ceylon">Legislative Council of Ceylon</a>, advised the <a href="/wiki/British_governors_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="British governors of Ceylon">Governor of Ceylon</a> on military matters. </p><p>Apart from British Army units that were deployed for garrison duty in the island, the officer held command over the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Defence_Force" title="Ceylon Defence Force">Ceylon Defence Force</a> if mobilized. However mobilization could be carried out only under orders from the <a href="/wiki/British_governors_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="British governors of Ceylon">Governor</a>. </p><p>Following independence in 1948, the command was split. With the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon Army">Ceylon Army</a>, it head had was referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Army_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)">Commander of the Ceylon Army</a> and the British troops in Ceylon came under the command of the <i>Commander, Ceylon Garrison and UK troops in Ceylon</i> until the withdrawal of British troops from the island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Official_Residence">Official Residence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=General_Officer_Commanding,_Ceylon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Official Residence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The GOC Ceylon was entitled to a Class A Quarters issued to government officers for the use of his official residence in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a> and had the <a href="/wiki/General%27s_House,_Nuwara_Eliya" title="General's House, Nuwara Eliya">General's House, Nuwara Eliya</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Country_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Country house">country house</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_General_Officers_Commanding,_Ceylon"><span id="List_of_General_Officers_Commanding.2C_Ceylon"></span>List of General Officers Commanding, Ceylon</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=General_Officer_Commanding,_Ceylon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of General Officers Commanding, Ceylon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:95%; margin:0 auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="6%" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Portrait </th> <th bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Rank </th> <th bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Name </th> <th bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Appointment </th> <th bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Left office 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<td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Welbore_Ellis_Doyle" title="Welbore Ellis Doyle">Welbore Ellis Doyle</a></td> <td>1 January 1797</td> <td>2 July 1797</td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Regiment of Foot">14th Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-Colonel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bonnevaux" title="Peter Bonnevaux">Peter Bonnevaux</a></td> <td>2 July 1797</td> <td>12 July 1797</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=10th_Madras_Native_Infantry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="10th Madras Native Infantry (page does not exist)">10th Madras Native Infantry</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pierre-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_de_Meuron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Thomas_Maitland_(British_Army_officer)" title="Thomas Maitland (British Army officer)">Thomas Maitland</a></td> <td>19 July 1805</td> <td>19 March 1811</td> <td><a href="/wiki/62nd_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="62nd Regiment of Foot">62nd Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">GCB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Guelphic_Order" title="Royal Guelphic Order">GCH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council">PC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wilson_(British_Army_officer,_died_1819)" title="John Wilson (British Army officer, died 1819)">John Wilson</a></td> <td>19 March 1811</td> <td>11 March 1812</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Garrison_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Garrison Battalion (page does not exist)">5th Garrison Battalion</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Brownrigg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Robert_Brownrigg.jpg/80px-Robert_Brownrigg.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Robert_Brownrigg.jpg/120px-Robert_Brownrigg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Robert_Brownrigg.jpg/160px-Robert_Brownrigg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">General</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brownrigg" title="Robert Brownrigg">Sir Robert Brownrigg</a></td> <td>11 March 1812</td> <td>1 February 1820</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">GCB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Edward_Barnes_by_William_Salter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Edward_Barnes_by_William_Salter.jpg/80px-Sir_Edward_Barnes_by_William_Salter.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Edward_Barnes_by_William_Salter.jpg/120px-Sir_Edward_Barnes_by_William_Salter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Edward_Barnes_by_William_Salter.jpg/160px-Sir_Edward_Barnes_by_William_Salter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3028" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Barnes_(British_Army_officer)" title="Edward Barnes (British Army officer)">Edward Barnes</a></td> <td>1820</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/47th_(Lancashire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot">47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">GCB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Campbell_(governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Campbell (governor)">James Campbell</a></td> <td>22 July 1822</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/94th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="94th Regiment of Foot">94th Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Hudson_Lowe_(page_8_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sir_Hudson_Lowe_%28page_8_crop%29.jpg/80px-Sir_Hudson_Lowe_%28page_8_crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sir_Hudson_Lowe_%28page_8_crop%29.jpg/120px-Sir_Hudson_Lowe_%28page_8_crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sir_Hudson_Lowe_%28page_8_crop%29.jpg/160px-Sir_Hudson_Lowe_%28page_8_crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1277" data-file-height="1634" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hudson_Lowe" title="Hudson Lowe">Hudson Lowe</a></td> <td>1826</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/50th_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="50th Foot">50th Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">KCB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wilson_(governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Wilson (governor)">John Wilson</a></td> <td>14 October 1831</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/28th_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="28th Foot">28th Foot</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Sir_Robert_Arbuthnot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/General_Sir_Robert_Arbuthnot.jpg/80px-General_Sir_Robert_Arbuthnot.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/General_Sir_Robert_Arbuthnot.jpg/120px-General_Sir_Robert_Arbuthnot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/General_Sir_Robert_Arbuthnot.jpg/160px-General_Sir_Robert_Arbuthnot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="478" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Arbuthnot_(British_Army_officer)" title="Robert Arbuthnot (British Army officer)">Robert Arbuthnot</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/76th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="76th Regiment of Foot">76th Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Colin_Campbell_by_William_Salter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Sir_Colin_Campbell_by_William_Salter.jpg/80px-Sir_Colin_Campbell_by_William_Salter.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Sir_Colin_Campbell_by_William_Salter.jpg/120px-Sir_Colin_Campbell_by_William_Salter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Sir_Colin_Campbell_by_William_Salter.jpg/160px-Sir_Colin_Campbell_by_William_Salter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3051" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">Lieutenant general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Campbell_(British_Army_officer,_born_1776)" title="Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1776)">Colin Campbell</a></td> <td>16 April 1841</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/78th_(Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">KCB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Smelt_(British_Army_officer)" title="William Smelt (British Army officer)">William Smelt</a></td> <td>28 January 1847</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1806)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (1806)">103rd Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Bainbrigge" title="Philip Bainbrigge">Philip Bainbrigge</a></td> <td>23 May 1852</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/7th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Regiment of Foot">7th Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Reed_(British_Army_officer)" title="Thomas Reed (British Army officer)">Thomas Reed</a></td> <td>13 September 1854</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_Light_Dragoons" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Light Dragoons">12th Light Dragoons</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Frederick_Lockyer" title="Henry Frederick Lockyer">Henry Frederick Lockyer</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td>1860</td> <td><a href="/wiki/97th_(The_Earl_of_Ulster%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot">97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Guelphic_Order" title="Royal Guelphic Order">KH</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_John_Terence_Nicholls_O%27Brien_(1830-1903).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Sir_John_Terence_Nicholls_O%27Brien_%281830-1903%29.jpg/80px-Sir_John_Terence_Nicholls_O%27Brien_%281830-1903%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Sir_John_Terence_Nicholls_O%27Brien_%281830-1903%29.jpg/120px-Sir_John_Terence_Nicholls_O%27Brien_%281830-1903%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Sir_John_Terence_Nicholls_O%27Brien_%281830-1903%29.jpg/160px-Sir_John_Terence_Nicholls_O%27Brien_%281830-1903%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="594" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terence_O%27Brien_(colonial_administrator)" title="Terence O'Brien (colonial administrator)">Terence O'Brien</a></td> <td>1860</td> <td>1865</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Studholme_John_Hodgson" title="Studholme John Hodgson">Studholme John Hodgson</a></td> <td>1865</td> <td>1869</td> <td><a href="/wiki/54th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="54th Regiment of Foot">54th Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Renny" title="Henry Renny">Henry Renny</a></td> <td>1869</td> <td>1874</td> <td><a href="/wiki/81st_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="81st Regiment of Foot">81st Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Star of India">CSI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Alfred_Street" title="John Alfred Street">John Alfred Street</a></td> <td>1874</td> <td>1879</td> <td><a href="/wiki/68th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="68th Regiment of Foot">68th Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Wilby" title="William Wilby">William Wilby</a></td> <td>1879</td> <td>1882</td> <td><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="King's Own Royal Regiment">King's Own Royal Regiment</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_John_Chetham_McLeod.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sir_John_Chetham_McLeod.jpg/80px-Sir_John_Chetham_McLeod.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sir_John_Chetham_McLeod.jpg/120px-Sir_John_Chetham_McLeod.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sir_John_Chetham_McLeod.jpg/160px-Sir_John_Chetham_McLeod.jpg 2x" data-file-width="933" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Chetham_McLeod" title="John Chetham McLeod">John Chetham McLeod</a></td> <td>1882</td> <td>1887</td> <td><a href="/wiki/42nd_Regiment_of_Foot" title="42nd Regiment of Foot">42nd Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">KCB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VCWilbrahamOatesLennox.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/VCWilbrahamOatesLennox.jpg/80px-VCWilbrahamOatesLennox.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/VCWilbrahamOatesLennox.jpg/120px-VCWilbrahamOatesLennox.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/VCWilbrahamOatesLennox.jpg/160px-VCWilbrahamOatesLennox.jpg 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="220" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilbraham_Lennox" title="Wilbraham Lennox">Wilbraham Lennox</a></td> <td>1887</td> <td>1888</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Celebrities-_General_Dunham_Massy_WDL11438.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Indian_Celebrities-_General_Dunham_Massy_WDL11438.png/80px-Indian_Celebrities-_General_Dunham_Massy_WDL11438.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Indian_Celebrities-_General_Dunham_Massy_WDL11438.png/120px-Indian_Celebrities-_General_Dunham_Massy_WDL11438.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Indian_Celebrities-_General_Dunham_Massy_WDL11438.png/160px-Indian_Celebrities-_General_Dunham_Massy_WDL11438.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1390" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Massy" title="William Massy">William Massy</a></td> <td>1888</td> <td>1893</td> <td><a href="/wiki/19th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Regiment of Foot">19th Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/W._Clive-Justice" title="W. Clive-Justice">W. Clive-Justice</a></td> <td>1893</td> <td>1897</td> <td><a href="/wiki/75th_(Stirlingshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot">75th Regiment of Foot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George">CMG</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=F._T._Hobson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="F. T. Hobson (page does not exist)">F. T. Hobson</a></td> <td>1897</td> <td>1902</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj._Gen._Hector_Archibald_MacDonald.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Maj._Gen._Hector_Archibald_MacDonald.png/80px-Maj._Gen._Hector_Archibald_MacDonald.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Maj._Gen._Hector_Archibald_MacDonald.png/120px-Maj._Gen._Hector_Archibald_MacDonald.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Maj._Gen._Hector_Archibald_MacDonald.png/160px-Maj._Gen._Hector_Archibald_MacDonald.png 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="782" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hector_MacDonald" title="Hector MacDonald">Hector MacDonald</a></td> <td>1902</td> <td>1903</td> <td><a href="/wiki/92nd_Gordon_Highlanders" class="mw-redirect" title="92nd Gordon Highlanders">92nd Gordon Highlanders</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">KCB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brigadier general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._L._C._Money" title="G. L. C. Money">G. L. C. Money</a></td> <td>1903</td> <td>1905</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders" title="Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders">Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brigadier general</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R_.C._B._Lawrence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R .C. B. Lawrence (page does not exist)">R .C. B. Lawrence</a></td> <td>1905</td> <td>1909</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_King%27s_Dragoon_Guards" title="1st King's Dragoon Guards">1st King's Dragoon Guards</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brigadier general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._Whitacre_Allen" title="A. J. Whitacre Allen">A. J. Whitacre Allen</a></td> <td>1909</td> <td>1913</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment)" title="Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)">The Buffs</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brigadier general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Huntly_Leith_Malcolm" title="Henry Huntly Leith Malcolm">Henry Huntly Leith Malcolm</a></td> <td>1913</td> <td>1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders" title="Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders">Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brigadier general</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=F._Hackett-Thompson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="F. Hackett-Thompson (page does not exist)">F. Hackett-Thompson</a></td> <td>1915</td> <td>1918</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders" title="Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders">Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brigadier general</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=F._A._MacFarlane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="F. A. MacFarlane (page does not exist)">F. A. MacFarlane</a></td> <td>1918</td> <td>1920</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:THE_BATTLE_OF_PASSCHENDAELE,_JULY-NOVEMBER_1917_Q79783.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/THE_BATTLE_OF_PASSCHENDAELE%2C_JULY-NOVEMBER_1917_Q79783.jpg/80px-THE_BATTLE_OF_PASSCHENDAELE%2C_JULY-NOVEMBER_1917_Q79783.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/THE_BATTLE_OF_PASSCHENDAELE%2C_JULY-NOVEMBER_1917_Q79783.jpg/120px-THE_BATTLE_OF_PASSCHENDAELE%2C_JULY-NOVEMBER_1917_Q79783.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/THE_BATTLE_OF_PASSCHENDAELE%2C_JULY-NOVEMBER_1917_Q79783.jpg/160px-THE_BATTLE_OF_PASSCHENDAELE%2C_JULY-NOVEMBER_1917_Q79783.jpg 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_commandant" title="Colonel commandant">Colonel commandant</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Coffin" title="Clifford Coffin">Clifford Coffin</a></td> <td>1920</td> <td>1924</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> & Bar </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_commandant" title="Colonel commandant">Colonel commandant</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_Higginson" title="Harold Higginson">Harold Higginson</a></td> <td>1924</td> <td>1927</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Dublin_Fusiliers" title="Royal Dublin Fusiliers">Royal Dublin Fusiliers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> & Bar </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadier</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austin_Claude_Girdwood" title="Austin Claude Girdwood">Austin Claude Girdwood</a></td> <td>1927</td> <td>1931</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Fusiliers" class="mw-redirect" title="Northumberland Fusiliers">Northumberland Fusiliers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George">CMG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> & Bar<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadier</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E._F._Shewell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E. 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Lyon</a></td> <td>1934</td> <td>1937</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadier</a> (local rank)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._O._Thurburn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="J. O. Thurburn (page does not exist)">J. O. 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title="MC">MC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Royds_Pownall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Henry_Royds_Pownall.jpg/80px-Henry_Royds_Pownall.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Henry_Royds_Pownall.jpg/120px-Henry_Royds_Pownall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Henry_Royds_Pownall.jpg/160px-Henry_Royds_Pownall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="789" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">Lieutenant general</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Pownall" title="Henry Pownall">Henry Pownall</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1942</td> <td>1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal 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