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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
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Palestine and Trans-Jordan, Middle East Command
3 September 1939
 
British Mandates of Palestine and Trans-Jordan
Headquarters: Jerusalem, Palestine
HIGH COMMISSIONER AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF PALESTINE
AND HIGH COMMISSIONER OF TRANS-JORDAN
Sir H.A. MacMichael
        Aide-de-Camp CPT  Hon. H.C. Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce
British Resident of Trans-Jordan
    Assistant Resident
Sir A.S. Kirkbride
Mr. H.M. Foot
   

British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan
Headquarters: Jerusalem, Palestine
GENERAL OFFICIER COMMANDING LTG   M.G.H. Barker
    Personal Appointment
        Aide-de-Camp ?
STAFF
    General Staff
        General Staff Officer, 1st grade COL   D.F. McConnel
        General Staff Officers, 2nd grade MAJ  C.H. Norton
LTC  G.P. Walsh
MAJ  G.B. Vaughan-Hughes
MAJ  C.A. Wigham
        General Staff Officer, 3rd grade CPT  E.M. Bastyan
        General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (I) CPT  D.A.D. Young
    Adjutant-General's and Quarter-Master-General's Staff
        Brigadier in charge of Admininstration BG  B.O. Hutchison
        Asst. Adjt. & Qr.-Mr.-Gen. COL   G.S. Brunskill
        Dep. Asst. Adjt. & Qr.-Mr.-Gen. MAJ  H.W. Mirehouse
        Dep. Asst. Qr.-Mr.-Gen. MAJ  C.F. Forestier-Walker
        Staff Captains CPT  R.J. Dinsmore
CPT  E.W. Stevens
CPT  W.H. Clifford
CPT  R.P.H. Burbury
CPT  D. de S. Barrow
ATTACHED TO THE STAFF
    Engineers
        Chief Engineer COL   G. Streeten
        Staff Officers, Royal Engineers MAJ  P.A. Ullman
MAJ  S.A.H. Batten
    Signals
        Chief Signal Officer COL   W.C.V. Galwey
        Officer Commanding Signals LTC  R.H.R. Steward
    Transportation
        Staff Captain (Transportation) CPT  C.E.M. Herbert
        Staff Captain (Movements) MAJ  C.J.E. Yeo
        Movement Control Officer CPT  R.G. Lawrence
SERVICES
    Chaplaincy Services
        Asst. Chaplain-General Rev. W.T. Beckerson
    Supplies and Transport
        Asst. Dir. of Supplies and Transport COL   H.N.G. Watson
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Supplies MAJ  W. d'A. Collings
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Transport CPT  E.G. Hazelton
    Medical
        Dep. Dir. of Medical Services COL   D.T.M. Large
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Medical Services MAJ  D. Crellin
        Dep. Asst. Dir. of Hygiene MAJ  R. McKinlay
        Asst. Dir. of Dental Service MAJ  A.F. Salsbury
    Ordnance
        Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services COL   R.A. Weir (also O.C. R.A.O.C.)
        Dept. Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services  
        Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer LTC  J.F.X. Miller
    Pay
        Command Paymaster LTC  F.C. Williams
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
    Asst. Millitary Secretary  
    Dep. Judge Advocates General LTC  R.E. Banks
LTC  R.C. Carrington
    Dep. Asst. Provost Marshal CPT  C.H. Dickins
    Special Appointment CPT  A.C. Simonds
    Camp Commandant MAJ  D.R.E. Shaw
At Outstation:
        Dep. Asst. Adjt. and Qr.-Mr.-Gen. CPT  D. Stuart
DEPARTMENT OF THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR
(detached from the War Office for duty at Headquarters of the Command)
    Financial Adviser and Auditor Mr. J.A. West
    Assistant Financial Adviser and Assistant Auditor ?

 
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