7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) - General Officer Commanding

Commanders included:

Appointed General Officer Commanding
3 September 1939 Major-General Percy Hobart
16 November 1939 Brigadier John A. L. Caunter (acting)
4 December 1939 Major-General Michael O'Moore Creagh
1 April 1941 Brigadier J.A.L. Caunter (acting)
13 April 1941 Major-General Michael O'Moore Creagh(replaced after failure of Battleaxe)
3 September 1941 Major-General William Gott (promoted to command of XIII Corps)
6 February 1942 Major-General John Campbell VC (killed in motor accident 23 February)
23 February 1942 Brigadier A.H. Gatehouse (acting)
9 March 1942 Major-General Frank Messervy (dismissed after battle of Gazala)
19 June 1942 Major-General James Renton
14 September 1942 Major-General John Harding (wounded on 18 January 1943)
20 January 1943 Brigadier George Roberts (acting)
24 January 1943 Major-General George Erskine
4 August 1944 Major-General Gerald Lloyd-Verney
22 November 1944 Major-General Lewis Lyne
1947 Major-General George Roberts
March 1949 Major-General Robert Arkwright
May 1951 Major-General Charles Jones
November 1953 Major-General Kenneth Cooper
March 1956 Major-General John Hackett
February 1958 Major-General Geoffrey Musson

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