Commander of the British Sector of Berlin
The Commander of the British Sector of Berlin was one of the four Allied City Commanders of Berlin, who represented the occupying army of the British Royal Majesty in Germany in the Inter-Allied Military Command (later: Allied Commandant ) . The Allied Command was the body with which the four occupying powers, the USA , Great Britain , France and the Soviet Union, exercised control over Berlin after the Second World War . She was subordinate to the Allied Control Council .
From 1946 to 1990 the British city commanders lived in Villa Lemm in the Gatow district , which belongs to the Spandau district. Since the tenure of David Scott-Barrett it has been protected by forces of the German Service Unit (Berlin) , the later 248 German Security Unit .
The city commanders also celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's annual birthday with a big party in the villa . During the early 1970s, the captain's cabin , which is located in the same district, was discovered by the city commandant at the time, where u. a. Space was used for strategic meetings. In 1973 even Princess Anne of England visited the captain's cabin .
Commanders of the British Sector of Berlin were:
rank | Surname | Period |
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Major general | Lewis Lyne | July 11, 1945 - August 30, 1945 |
Major general | Eric Nares | August 30, 1945 - June 13, 1947 |
Major general | Otway Herbert | June 13, 1947 - January 23, 1949 |
Major general | GK Bourne | January 16, 1949 - October 24, 1951 |
Major general | Charles Coleman | Oct 16, 1951 - March 13, 1954 |
Major general | William Oliver | March 12, 1954 - April 30, 1955 |
Major general | Robert Cottrell-Hill | May 1, 1955 - February 6, 1956 |
Major general | Francis Rome | March 26, 1956 - March 20, 1959 |
Major general | Sir Rohan Delacombe | March 23, 1959 - May 3, 1962 |
Major general | Claude Dunbar | May 1962 - December 1962 |
Major general | David Peel Yates | December 1962 - January 1966 |
Major general | John Nelson | February 1966 - February 1968 |
Major general | James Bowes-Lyon | March 1968 - November 1970 |
Major general | Alan Cathcart | November 1970 - July 1973 |
Major general | David Scott-Barrett | August 1973 - November 1975 |
Major general | Roy MF Redgrave | November 1975 - January 1978 |
Major general | Robert Richardson | January 1978 - September 1980 |
Major general | David Mostyn | September 1980 - October 1983 |
Major general | Bernard Gordon-Lennox | October 1983 - December 1985 |
Major general | Patrick G. Brooking | December 1985 - January 1989 |
Major general | Robert JS Corbett | January 1989 - October 2, 1990 |
See also
- Military liaison missions
- Commander of the American Sector of Berlin
- Commander of the French Sector of Berlin
- Commander of the Soviet Sector of Berlin
literature
- Gerhard Keiderling: The principle of unanimity prevailed. The Allied Command 1945–1948 . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 12, 2000, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 67-72 ( luise-berlin.de ).
- Gerhard Keiderling: The Four Powers in Berlin 1949–1962 . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 3, 2001, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 4–17 ( luise-berlin.de ).