List of Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff
The chief of the Imperial General Staff ( Chief of the Imperial General Staff , CIGS ) or head of the Reich General Staff was the chief of the General Staff of the British land forces between 1908 and 1964. Due to the reorganization of the army administration put Lord Roberts in 1904 the post of commander in chief of the British army down which was no longer occupied. The function of the highest ranking soldier in the British Army was taken over by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (from 1904 to 1908 Chief of the General Staff ). After 1964 the function was again designated as Chief of the General Staff .
list
- Chiefs of the General Staff
- 1904-1908 Neville Lyttelton
- Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff
- 1908–1912 William Nicholson
- 1912-1914 John French
- 1914–1914 Charles Douglas
- 1914–1915 James Murray
- 1915–1915 Archibald Murray
- 1915-1918 William Robertson
- 1918–1922 Henry Hughes Wilson
- 1922–1926 Frederick Lambart
- 1926-1933 George Milne
- 1933–1936 Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd
- 1936-1937 Cyril Deverell
- 1937-1939 John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
- 1939-1940 Edmund Ironside
- 1940-1941 John Dill
- 1941-1946 Alan Brooke
- 1946-1948 Bernard Montgomery
- 1948-1952 William Slim
- 1952-1955 John Harding
- 1955–1958 Gerald Templer
- 1958–1961 Francis Festing
- 1961–1964 Richard Hull
- Chiefs of the General Staff
- 1964-1965 Richard Hull
- 1965–1968 James Cassels
- 1968–1971 Geoffrey Harding Baker
- 1971–1973 Michael Carver
- 1973–1976 Peter Mervyn Hunt
- 1976-1979 Roland Gibbs
- 1979-1982 Edwin Bramall
- 1982–1985 John Wilfred Stanier
- 1985-1988 Nigel Bagnall
- 1988-1992 John Chapple
- 1992–1994 Peter Inge
- 1994-1997 Charles Guthrie
- 1997-2000 Roger Wheeler
- 2000-2003 Michael Walker
- 2003-2006 Mike Jackson
- 2006–2009 Richard Dannatt
- 2009-2010 David J. Richards
- 2010–2014 Peter Wall
- 2014-2018 Nick Carter
- since 2018 Mark Carleton-Smith
See also
literature
- William Jackson, Dwin Bramall: The Chiefs. The Story of the United Kingdom Chiefs of Staff. Brassey's Military Books, London a. a. 1992, ISBN 0-08-040370-0 .
Web links
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