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World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations | Last Updated 15.04.2006 |
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World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations | Last Updated 15.04.2006 |
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Southern Command
Headquarters: Salisbury Encompassing the Counties of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire (except Winsor for Regular Troops and that portion of the county included in the Aldershot Command), Oxfordshire, Hampshire (except that portion included in the Aldershot Command), Wiltshire, Dorset, Devonshire, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire (expect Beachley) and Worcestershire. |
| GENERAL OFFICIER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF | LTG Sir B.D. Fisher |
| Personal Appointment | |
| Aides-de-Camp | CPT W.M. Fox
1LT P.M.G. Llewellen-Palmer (extra, unpaid) |
| STAFF | |
| General Staff | |
| Brigadier | BG V.V. Pope |
| General Staff Officer, 2nd grade | MAJ G.W. Hunt
LTC V. Evelegh |
| General Staff Officer, 3rd grade | CPT M.M.A. Bryant |
| General Staff Officer for Weapon Training | CPT F.R.G. Matthewes |
| General Staff Officer, 3rd grade, for Physical Training | CPT P.M. Nevile |
| General Staff Officer for Anti-Gas Training | MAJ C.A. Prest |
| Air Liaison Officers (General Staff Officers, 3rd grade) | MAJ W.S. Clarke (attd. R.A.F.)
MAJ W.E. Carrick (attd. R.A.F.) MAJ R.J. Appleby (attd. R.A.F.) |
| Adjutant-General's and Quarter-Master-General's Staff | |
| Major-General in charge of Admininstration | LTG W.G. Lindsell |
| Asst. Adjt.-Gen. | COL E.G. Gidley-Kitchin |
| Dep. Asst. Adjt.-Gen. | MAJ H.P. Sparks |
| Asst. Qr.-Mr.-Gen. | COL H.F. Dawes |
| Dep. Asst. Qr.-Mrs.-Gen. | LTC E.G. Audland
MAJ J.T. Godfrey |
| Staff Captains | MAJ R.A.T. Eve
CPT W.G. Roe MAJ A.R. Bare |
| ATTACHED TO THE STAFF | |
| Artillery | |
| Brigadier, Royal Artillery | BG E.C.A. Schreiber |
| Staff Officer, Royal Artillery, (G.S.O. 3rd grade) | CPT R.C.H. Kirwan |
| Instructor in Gunnery | MAJ T.F.K. Howard |
| Fixed Defences | |
| Commander | BG F.M. Montresor |
| Staff Officer, Royal Artillery, (G.S.O. 3rd grade) | MAJ B. Aucott |
| Instructor in Gunnery | MAJ T. Carson |
| Engineers | |
| Chief Engineer | BG C.J.S. King |
| Deputy Chief Engineers | COL O.E. Wynne
COL J.C.P. Tosh |
| Staff Officers, Royal Engineers | LTC M.E. Morgan
LTC H.A.S. Pressey CPT (Qr.-Mr.) F.W. Roberts LTC J.N. Cash MAJ A.B.D. Edwards |
| Staff Officer, Royal Engineers (E. & M.) | MAJ E.L. Botting |
| Signals | |
| Chief Signal Officer | COL A.C. Sykes |
| Asst. to Chief Signal Officer | MAJ C.D. Clapp |
| SERVICES | |
| Engineer Services (under Chief Engineer) | |
| Senior Surveyor of Works | MAJ (Surv. of Works) L.J.B. Tovey |
| Command Land Agent | MAJ H.L. Pigott |
| Chaplaincy Services | |
| Asst. Chaplain-General | Rev. W.B. Hughes |
| Supplies and Transport | |
| Asst. Dir. of Supplies and Transport | COL V.O. Beuttler |
| Dept. Asst. Dirs. of Supplies and Transport | MAJ H.C. De la Bere
MAJ H.R. Howard |
| Medical | |
| Dept. Dir. of Medical Services | MG F. Casement |
| Asst. Dir. of Medical Services | LTC G.P. Kidd |
| Asst. Dir. of Hygiene | LTC D.G. Cheyne |
| Asst. Dir. of Pathology | LTC R.A. Heppie |
| Asst. Dir. of Dental Service | LTC A.B. Austin |
| Ordnance | |
| Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services | COL J.H. Stone (also O.C. R.A.O.C.) |
| Dept. Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services | MAJ H.C. Joel |
| Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer | COL J.W. Coyle |
| Pay | |
| Command Paymaster | COL W.J.H. Bilderbeck |
| Asst. Command Paymaster | LTC A.A. Cockburn |
| SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS | |
| Assistant Military Secretary | CPT O. St. J. Loftus |
| Assistant Provost Marshal | CPT C.M. Clarke |
| Command Barrack Officer | LTC J. Blount-Dinwiddle |
| Supervising Officer for Physical Training | CPT N.G. Macdonald |
| Passive Air Defence Officer | MAJ E.G. Bartlett |
| Command Education Officer | MAJ H.D.F. Turner |
| Retired Officer | CPT R.C. Norton
MAJ L.G. Miles |
| At Outstation: | |
| Dep. Asst. Dir. of Ordnance Services | LTC W.L. Dennis |
| DEPARTMENT OF THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR
(detached from the War Office for duty at Headquarters of the Command) |
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| Army Auditor | Mr. T. Limond |
| Assistant Army Auditors | Mr. J.H. North
Mr. C.D. Gray |
