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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
With thanks to Robert Michel
Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, The War Office, British Army
3 September 1939
 
CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF Gen. Sir W.Edmund Ironside
    Military Assistant (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade) MAJ  D.W. Gordon
    Personal Assistant (General Staff Officer, 3rd grade) CPT  C.J.D. Jeffreys
Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff LTG   Sir R.F. Adam
    Personal Assistant MAJ  (Qr.-Mr.) H.B.J. Franklin
Director of Military Operations and Intelligence MG  H.R. Pownall
Director of Staff Duties MG  L. Carr
Director of Military Training MG  H.R.S. Massy
Director-General, Air and Coast Defence LTG   J.H. Marshall-Cornwall
Director of Training & Organization (Coast Defence & Anti-Aircraft) MG  L.R. Hill
Inspectors, attached to the Military Training Directorate
    Inspector of Cavalry The Commandant, School of Equitation
    Inspector of Royal Armoured Corps COL  M. O'M. Creagh
    Inspector of the Royal Artillery BG  L. Browning
    Inspector of the Royal Engineers MG  G.H. Addison
    Inspector of the Royal Corps of Signals Hon. BG  R.H. Willan
    Inspector of the Infantry BG  C.C. Malden
    Inspector of the Royal Army Service Corps See under the Dept. of the Quarter-Master-General to the Forces
    Inspector of the Army Educational Corps COL  C.G. Maude
    Inspector of Physical Training COL  T.H. Wand-Tetley
    Inspector of Anti-Gas Training The Commandant, Army Gas School
 
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