20th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) - Brigade Commanders

Brigade Commanders

Recent commanders have included:

  • 1939–1942 Brigadier Evelyn Fanshawe
  • 1942–1943 Brigadier Francis Mitchell
  • 1954–1956 Brigadier John Hackett
  • 1958–1961 Brigadier James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid
  • 1963–1965 Brigadier Richard Ward
  • 1965–1968 Brigadier Patrick Howard-Dobson
  • 1969–1970 Brigadier John Stanier
  • 1972–1973 Brigadier Richard Lawson
  • 1973–1975 Brigadier Maurice Johnston
  • 1978–1979 Brigadier Bernard Gordon-Lennox
  • 1979–1981 Brigadier John Stibbon
  • 1987–1989 Brigadier Michael Walker
  • 1994–1996 Brigadier Andrew Pringle
  • 1996–1997 Brigadier David Leakey
  • 1997–1999 Brigadier Nick Parker
  • 2001–2004 Brigadier David Rutherford-Jones
  • 2004–2005 Brigadier Nick Carter
  • 2005–2007 Brigadier James Everard
  • 2007–2009 Brigadier Tom Beckett
  • 2009–2012 Brigadier Patrick Sanders DSO, OBE
  • 2012–date Brigadier James Swift

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