6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) - General Officer Commanding

Commanders included:

Appointed General Officer Commanding
27 September 1940 Major-General John Crocker
9 January 1941 Brigadier Evelyn Fanshawe (acting)
22 February 1941 Major-General John Crocker
15 October 1941 Major-General Herbert Lumsden
29 October 1941 Major-General Charles Gairdner
19 May 1942 Major-General Charles Keightley
19 December 1943 Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh
15 February 1944 Brigadier William Edward Gordon Hemming (acting)
19 March 1944 Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh
24 July 1944 Major-General Gerald Templer (wounded 5 August 1944)
5 August 1944 Brigadier C.A.M.D. Scott (acting)
13 August 1944 Brigadier Francis Mitchell (acting)
21 August 1944 Major-General Horatius Murray
27 July 1945 Brigadier Adrian Clements Gore


Appointed General Officer Commanding
1951 Major-General George Prior-Palmer
October 1953 Major-General Francis Mitchell
1955 Major-General Roderick McLeod
1957 Major-General Denis O'Connor

1940'S Sgt'Ned'Dunford

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