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List of commanders of the British 4th Division

March 05, 2023

The 4th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, which was first formed in 1809 and disbanded for the final time in 2012. The division was commanded by a general officer commanding (GOC). In this role, the GOC received orders from a level above him in the chain of command, and then used the forces within the division to undertake the mission assigned. In addition to directing the tactical battle in which the division was involved, the GOC oversaw a staff and the administrative, logistical, medical, training, and discipline of the division.[1] The division had 63 different permanent GOCs over its history that spanned 203 years

4th Division
4th Infantry Division
4th Armoured Division
Galbraith Lowry Cole, the commanding officer of the 4th Division, for the majority of the Peninsular War
ActiveRaised and disbanded numerous times between 1809 and 2012
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
EngagementsNapoleonic Wars
Crimean War
Second Boer War
First World War
Second World War

Prior to 1809, the British Army did not use divisional formations. As the British military grew in size during the Napoleonic Wars, the need arose for such an implementation in order to better organise forces for administrative, logistical, and tactical reasons. The 4th Division was formed on 18 June 1809 by Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley, and served in the Peninsular War (part of the Napoleonic Wars).[1] During this period, three of the division's commanding officers were wounded. Major-General Galbraith Lowry Cole was wounded on two separate occasions, while leading the division.[2] After the Peninsular War ended in 1814, the division was disbanded only to be re-raised the following year when the War of the Seventh Coalition broke out. It then fought at the Battle of Waterloo, and was disbanded the same year when the Napoleonic Wars concluded.[3]

It was next raised for service in the Crimean War (1853–1856). During the Battle of Inkerman (5 November 1854), the division had four different commanding officers, with two killed in action. Following the end of the war, in 1856, the division was disbanded.[4] Forty-three years later, in 1899, the division was reformed to take part in the Second Boer War. Lieutenant-General William Penn Symons, who initially led the division, was wounded in action and subsequently taken prisoner. When the need for divisions subsided, the following year, the division was broken-up to provide garrisons for various static locations.[5]

In 1902, a new 4th Division was formed as a permanent standing formation and not for a particular crisis. During the 20th century, the division fought in the First and Second World Wars. Major-General Louis Lipsett, the division's penultimate commander during the First World War, was killed in action shortly before the war ended in November 1918.[6] In the post-Second World War years, it formed part of the British Army of the Rhine in Germany. During the 1960s, Major-General Jean Allard became the first Canadian to command a British Army division when he was appointed to lead the 4th.[7][8] In 1978, the infantry division was transformed into an armoured formation.[7] It maintained this role until the division was disbanded in 1993, when the British Army was downsized following the end of the Cold War. It was re-raised in 1996 as an administrative formation and maintained this role until 2012, when it was disbanded for the final time.[9]

General officer commanding

See also: General officer commanding
General officer commanding
No. General officer commanding Rank Appointment date Notes Source(s)
1 Alexander Campbell Major-General 18 June 1809 The division was formed for the first time, during the Peninsular War, from troops based in Portugal. Campbell was wounded in action at the Battle of Talavera, on 28 July 1809. [10]
Temporary James Kemmis Colonel 28 July 1809 [11]
2 Galbraith Lowry Cole Major-General October 1809 Cole was wounded during the Battle of Albuera on 16 May 1811. [2]
Temporary James Kemmis Colonel 16 May 1811 Promoted to Major-General during temporary tenure [11]
2 Galbraith Lowry Cole Major-General July 1811 Cole returned to the UK on sick leave in December 1811. [2]
3 Sir Charles Colville Major-General 22 December 1811 Colville was wounded in action during the siege of Badajoz in April 1812. His position was kept vacant following Colville's injury until June 1812. [12]
2 Galbraith Lowry Cole Major-General June 1812 Cole was assigned as commander following his return from injury. He was again wounded, this time at the Battle of Salamanca on 22 July. [13]
Acting William Anson Major-General 22 July 1812 [13]
2 Galbraith Lowry Cole Major-General 15 October 1812 Cole maintained this role until the conclusion of the Peninsular War, in 1814, when the division was disbanded in France. [14]
4 Henry de Hinuber Major-General 11 April 1815 On 11 April 1815, the division was reformed in the Southern Netherlands. [15]
3 Sir Charles Colville Lieutenant-General 28 April 1815 Following the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, the British military in France was reorganised into three divisions. The remaining forces, including the 4th Division, were stood down. [16]
5 Sir George Cathcart Lieutenant-General 18 August 1854 The division was formed in Varna, Ottoman Bulgaria, from British troops who had been assembled, and had prepared to move to the Crimean peninsular during the Crimean War. Cathcart was killed in action at the Battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854. [17][18]
Acting Thomas Leigh-Goldie Brigadier-General 5 November 1854 Leigh-Goldie commanded the division's first brigade, and took over command during the Battle of Inkerman after Cathcart was killed. Leigh-Goldie was killed soon after, during the same battle. [19][20]
Acting Charles Windham Brevet Colonel 5 November 1854 Windham was the assistant adjutant general of the division, and temporarily took command during the Battle of Inkerman. [21]
Acting Frederick Horn Brevet Colonel 5 November 1854 Horn commanded an infantry battalion within the division's first brigade. By the end of the Battle of Inkerman, command had fallen to him. [19]
Temporary Sir John Campbell Major-General 6 November 1854 Campbell took command of the division once the Inkerman fighting ended. He held this position until Bentinck took command the following year. [22][23]
6 Henry Bentinck Lieutenant-General 1 June 1855 Bentinck was assigned to take command of the division following Cathcart's death. However, he was also wounded during the Battle of Inkerman and this delayed his ability to take command until June 1855. [24][25]
7 Robert Garrett Major-General 5 October 1855 Garrett retained command of the division until 1856 and the conclusion of the war. With the end of hostilities, the division was disbanded in Crimea. [25][26][27][28]
8 Sir William Penn Symons Lieutenant-General 9 October 1899 A new 4th Division was formed in southern Africa, from troops based there, for service in the Second Boer War. Symons was wounded during the Battle of Glencoe on 20 October. His force soon retreated following the battle and the wounded, including Symons, were captured. Symons died from his wounds on 23 October. [29][30]
Acting James Herbert Yule Brigadier-General 20 October 1899 Under Yule, the division retired to Ladysmith and became part of the besieged garrison on 26 October. [31]
9 Neville Lyttelton Lieutenant-General 22 March 1900 Following the lifting of the siege of Ladysmith, the garrison was reorganised into a new 4th Division. At the end of 1900, while still in southern Africa, the division was broken-up. [32][33]
10 Sir Charles Knox Major-General 30 October 1902 This marked the first time the 4th Division was formed as a permanent formation, and not raised on an ad hoc basis for a particular war. [34][35]
11 William Franklyn Major-General 1 June 1906 Around May 1907, Franklyn's command was reorganised as the 3rd Division. [36][37]
12 Theodore Stephenson Major-General May 1907 Around May 1907, the 6th Division was reorganised as the 4th Division [38][39]
13 Herbert Belfield Major-General 12 May 1907 [40]
14 Thomas Snow Major-General 12 May 1911 Under Snow, the division was mobilised for the First World War and departed for France. Snow was incapacitated on 9 September 1914, during the First Battle of the Marne. [41][42]
Acting Henry Wilson Brigadier-General 9 September 1914 [6]
15 Sir Henry Rawlinson Major-General 23 September 1914 [6]
16 Henry Wilson Major-General 4 October 1914 [6]
17 William Lambton Major-General 4 October 1914 Lambton was incapacitated on 12 September 1917. [6]
Acting Ralph Berners Brigadier-General 12 September 1917 [6]
18 Torquhil Matheson Major-General 21 September 1917 [6]
19 Louis Lipsett Major-General 14 September 1918 Lipsett was killed in action on 14 October 1918. [6]
20 Cuthbert Lucas Major-General 15 October 1918 On 6 January 1919, the division was demobilised in Belgium. [43]
21 Sir Cameron Shute Major-General 1 November 1919 The division was reformed in England. [44][45]
22 Sir Reginald Stephens Major-General 1 November 1923 [46]
23 Sir Percy Radcliffe Major-General 1 April 1926 [47]
24 Archibald Cameron Major-General 1 October 1927 [48]
25 Charles Bonham-Carter Major-General 1 June 1931 [49]
26 John Brind Major-General 21 July 1933 On 13 December 1934, Brind was temporarily assigned as the commander of the peacekeeping International Force in the Saar, and held this position until 16 March 1935. [50]
27 James Dick-Cunyngham Major-General 1 June 1935 Died in office [51][52]
28 Clive Liddell Major-General 27 November 1935 [53]
Acting Unknown Unknown 13 December 1937 On this date, Liddell relinquished command of the division. A new commanding officer was not appointed until the new year. [54]
29 Dudley Johnson Major-General 7 January 1938 During Johnson's tenure, the division was mobilised for service in the Second World War. The division was deployed to France in 1939 and was evacuated back to the UK in 1940. [55][56]
30 Ralph Eastwood Major-General 25 June 1940 [57]
31 John Swayne Major-General 4 October 1940 [57]
32 John Hawkesworth Major-General 9 March 1942 During Hawkesworth's tenure, the division was deployed to Tunisia and fought in the Tunisian campaign. [56]
Acting John Hogshaw Brigadier 22 August 1943 [57]
33 Hayman Hayman-Joyce Major-General 5 September 1943 During Hayman-Joyce's tenure, the division was deployed to fight in the Italian campaign. [56]
34 Dudley Ward Major-General 20 April 1944 In December 1944, the division was deployed to Greece and would remain there until the end of the war. [56]
Acting Rudolph. Kirwan Brigadier 9 March 1945 [57]
34 Dudley Ward Major-General 2 April 1945 [57]
Acting Rudolph Kirwan Brigadier 20 April 1945 [57]
35 Colin Callander Major-General 25 April 1945 [57]
36 Ernest Down Major-General 26 September 1946 The division was disbanded, in Greece, in March 1947. [7][58][59]
37 Reginald Hewetson Major-General April 1956 In April 1956, the 11th Armoured Division, based in Germany, was reorganised as the 4th Infantry Division. [7][60]
38 Gerald Hopkinson Major-General 2 March 1958 During Hopkinson's tenure, the word 'infantry' was dropped from the division's title. [61]
39 Desmond Gordon Major-General 12 October 1959 [62]
40 Jean Allard Major-General 10 November 1961 Allard was a Canadian Army officer, and the first Canadian to command a British Army division. [8][63]
41 Basil Eugster Major-General 15 October 1963 [64]
42 Michael Forrester Major-General 14 October 1965 [65]
43 Vernon Erskine-Crum Major-General 16 October 1967 [66]
44 David Fraser Major-General 10 October 1969 [67]
45 Anthony Farrar-Hockley Major-General 10 October 1971 [68]
46 Michael Gow Major-General 10 October 1973 [69]
47 Nigel Bagnall Major-General 21 September 1975 [70]
48 Richard Vickers Major-General 7 October 1977 On 1 January 1978, the formation was redesignated as the 4th Armoured Division. [7][71]
49 John Akehurst Major-General 19 July 1979 [72]
50 Jeremy Reilly Major-General 20 November 1981 [73]
51 John Waters Major-General 21 November 1983 [74]
52 Michael Hobbs Major-General December 1985 [75][76]
53 William Rous Major-General 30 November 1987 [77]
54 Jeremy Mackenzie Major-General 15 December 1989 [78]
55 Anthony Denison-Smith Major-General 15 December 1989 As part of Options for Change, the division was disbanded in Germany in 1993. [79][80]
56 Nigel Richards Major-General 31 March 1996 The division was reformed in England. [79][81]
57 Timothy Sulivan Major-General 1998 [82]
58 John Holmes Major General 29 January 2001 [83]
59 Andrew Ritchie Major General 1 April 2002 [84]
60 David Judd Major General 6 January 2003 [85]
61 Seumas Kerr Major General 1 May 2004 [86]
62 Peter Everson Major General 16 October 2006 [87]
63 Lamont Kirkland Major General 12 November 2008 During January 2012, the division was disbanded. [88][89]

Notes

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  2. ^ a b c Reid 2004, pp. 52–55.
  3. ^ Weller 2010, p. 34; Siborne 1900, pp. 735; Ross-of-Bladensburg 1896, pp. 49–50.
  4. ^ Barthorp 1980, p. 155; McGuigan 2001, pp. 8, 29, 67; Demchak 2011, p. 127.
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  7. ^ a b c d e Lord & Watson 2003, p. 33.
  8. ^ a b "General Allard To Return To Canada". The Times. No. 55793. 30 August 1963.
  9. ^ Tanner 2014, pp. 13–14.
  10. ^ Reid 2004, p. 52.
  11. ^ a b McGuigan & Burnham 2017, pp. 158–159.
  12. ^ Reid 2004, pp. 54–55.
  13. ^ a b Reid 2004, p. 55.
  14. ^ Reid 2004, p. 56; Oman 1930, p. 513.
  15. ^ Weller 2010, p. 34; Ross-of-Bladensburg 1896, pp. 49–50; McGuigan & Burnham 2017, p. 137.
  16. ^ Siborne 1900, pp. 73; McGuigan & Burnham 2017, p. 137.
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  22. ^ McGuigan 2001, p. 34.
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  32. ^ Creswicke 1901, p. 138; Hare 1929, p. 281.
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  34. ^ Dunlop 1938, p. 219.
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  39. ^ "War Office, Monthly Army List, March 1907". London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. March 1907. p. 18a., and "No. 28024". The London Gazette. 24 May 1907. p. 3593.
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  41. ^ "No. 28496". The London Gazette. 19 May 1911. p. 3818.
  42. ^ Becke 1935, pp. 57, 62.
  43. ^ Becke 1935, pp. 57, 63.
  44. ^ "No. 31643". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 1919. p. 13875. and "No. 32878". The London Gazette. 9 November 1923. p. 7659.
  45. ^ "War Office, Monthly Army List, December 1920". London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1920. p. 33.
  46. ^ "No. 32878". The London Gazette. 9 November 1923. p. 7659. and "No. 33149". The London Gazette. 9 April 1926. p. 2469.
  47. ^ "No. 33149". The London Gazette. 9 April 1926. p. 2469. and "No. 33320". The London Gazette. 14 October 1927. p. 6470.
  48. ^ "No. 33320". The London Gazette. 14 October 1927. p. 6470. and "No. 33320". The London Gazette. 5 June 1931. p. 33723.
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  50. ^ "No. 33964". The London Gazette. 28 July 1933. p. 5045., "No. 34114". The London Gazette. 14 December 1934. p. 8124., "No. 34144". The London Gazette. 22 March 1935. p. 1981., and "No. 34165". The London Gazette. 31 May 1935. p. 3519.
  51. ^ "No. 34168". The London Gazette. 7 June 1935. p. 3708.
  52. ^ Montague-Smith 1980, p. B–227.
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  55. ^ "No. 34472". The London Gazette. 11 January 1938. p. 192.
  56. ^ a b c d Joslen 2003, pp. 45–46.
  57. ^ a b c d e f g Joslen 2003, p. 45.
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  61. ^ "No. 41326". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 February 1958. p. 1429. and "No. 41839". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 October 1959. p. 6415.
  62. ^ "No. 41839". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 October 1959. p. 6415. and "No. 42508". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1961. p. 8089.
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  65. ^ "No. 43788". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 October 1965. p. 9553. and "No. 44430". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 October 1967. p. 11261.
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  67. ^ "No. 44955". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 1969. p. 10469. and "No. 45493". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1971. p. 10969.
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The 4th Division was an infantry division of the British Army which was first formed in 1809 and disbanded for the final time in 2012 The division was commanded by a general officer commanding GOC In this role the GOC received orders from a level above him in the chain of command and then used the forces within the division to undertake the mission assigned In addition to directing the tactical battle in which the division was involved the GOC oversaw a staff and the administrative logistical medical training and discipline of the division 1 The division had 63 different permanent GOCs over its history that spanned 203 years4th Division4th Infantry Division4th Armoured DivisionGalbraith Lowry Cole the commanding officer of the 4th Division for the majority of the Peninsular WarActiveRaised and disbanded numerous times between 1809 and 2012Country United KingdomBranchBritish ArmyEngagementsNapoleonic WarsCrimean WarSecond Boer WarFirst World WarSecond World War Prior to 1809 the British Army did not use divisional formations As the British military grew in size during the Napoleonic Wars the need arose for such an implementation in order to better organise forces for administrative logistical and tactical reasons The 4th Division was formed on 18 June 1809 by Lieutenant General Arthur Wellesley and served in the Peninsular War part of the Napoleonic Wars 1 During this period three of the division s commanding officers were wounded Major General Galbraith Lowry Cole was wounded on two separate occasions while leading the division 2 After the Peninsular War ended in 1814 the division was disbanded only to be re raised the following year when the War of the Seventh Coalition broke out It then fought at the Battle of Waterloo and was disbanded the same year when the Napoleonic Wars concluded 3 It was next raised for service in the Crimean War 1853 1856 During the Battle of Inkerman 5 November 1854 the division had four different commanding officers with two killed in action Following the end of the war in 1856 the division was disbanded 4 Forty three years later in 1899 the division was reformed to take part in the Second Boer War Lieutenant General William Penn Symons who initially led the division was wounded in action and subsequently taken prisoner When the need for divisions subsided the following year the division was broken up to provide garrisons for various static locations 5 In 1902 a new 4th Division was formed as a permanent standing formation and not for a particular crisis During the 20th century the division fought in the First and Second World Wars Major General Louis Lipsett the division s penultimate commander during the First World War was killed in action shortly before the war ended in November 1918 6 In the post Second World War years it formed part of the British Army of the Rhine in Germany During the 1960s Major General Jean Allard became the first Canadian to command a British Army division when he was appointed to lead the 4th 7 8 In 1978 the infantry division was transformed into an armoured formation 7 It maintained this role until the division was disbanded in 1993 when the British Army was downsized following the end of the Cold War It was re raised in 1996 as an administrative formation and maintained this role until 2012 when it was disbanded for the final time 9 General officer commanding EditSee also General officer commanding General officer commanding No General officer commanding Rank Appointment date Notes Source s 1 Alexander Campbell Major General 18 June 1809 The division was formed for the first time during the Peninsular War from troops based in Portugal Campbell was wounded in action at the Battle of Talavera on 28 July 1809 10 Temporary James Kemmis Colonel 28 July 1809 11 2 Galbraith Lowry Cole Major General October 1809 Cole was wounded during the Battle of Albuera on 16 May 1811 2 Temporary James Kemmis Colonel 16 May 1811 Promoted to Major General during temporary tenure 11 2 Galbraith Lowry Cole Major General July 1811 Cole returned to the UK on sick leave in December 1811 2 3 Sir Charles Colville Major General 22 December 1811 Colville was wounded in action during the siege of Badajoz in April 1812 His position was kept vacant following Colville s injury until June 1812 12 2 Galbraith Lowry Cole Major General June 1812 Cole was assigned as commander following his return from injury He was again wounded this time at the Battle of Salamanca on 22 July 13 Acting William Anson Major General 22 July 1812 13 2 Galbraith Lowry Cole Major General 15 October 1812 Cole maintained this role until the conclusion of the Peninsular War in 1814 when the division was disbanded in France 14 4 Henry de Hinuber Major General 11 April 1815 On 11 April 1815 the division was reformed in the Southern Netherlands 15 3 Sir Charles Colville Lieutenant General 28 April 1815 Following the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars the British military in France was reorganised into three divisions The remaining forces including the 4th Division were stood down 16 5 Sir George Cathcart Lieutenant General 18 August 1854 The division was formed in Varna Ottoman Bulgaria from British troops who had been assembled and had prepared to move to the Crimean peninsular during the Crimean War Cathcart was killed in action at the Battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854 17 18 Acting Thomas Leigh Goldie Brigadier General 5 November 1854 Leigh Goldie commanded the division s first brigade and took over command during the Battle of Inkerman after Cathcart was killed Leigh Goldie was killed soon after during the same battle 19 20 Acting Charles Windham Brevet Colonel 5 November 1854 Windham was the assistant adjutant general of the division and temporarily took command during the Battle of Inkerman 21 Acting Frederick Horn Brevet Colonel 5 November 1854 Horn commanded an infantry battalion within the division s first brigade By the end of the Battle of Inkerman command had fallen to him 19 Temporary Sir John Campbell Major General 6 November 1854 Campbell took command of the division once the Inkerman fighting ended He held this position until Bentinck took command the following year 22 23 6 Henry Bentinck Lieutenant General 1 June 1855 Bentinck was assigned to take command of the division following Cathcart s death However he was also wounded during the Battle of Inkerman and this delayed his ability to take command until June 1855 24 25 7 Robert Garrett Major General 5 October 1855 Garrett retained command of the division until 1856 and the conclusion of the war With the end of hostilities the division was disbanded in Crimea 25 26 27 28 8 Sir William Penn Symons Lieutenant General 9 October 1899 A new 4th Division was formed in southern Africa from troops based there for service in the Second Boer War Symons was wounded during the Battle of Glencoe on 20 October His force soon retreated following the battle and the wounded including Symons were captured Symons died from his wounds on 23 October 29 30 Acting James Herbert Yule Brigadier General 20 October 1899 Under Yule the division retired to Ladysmith and became part of the besieged garrison on 26 October 31 9 Neville Lyttelton Lieutenant General 22 March 1900 Following the lifting of the siege of Ladysmith the garrison was reorganised into a new 4th Division At the end of 1900 while still in southern Africa the division was broken up 32 33 10 Sir Charles Knox Major General 30 October 1902 This marked the first time the 4th Division was formed as a permanent formation and not raised on an ad hoc basis for a particular war 34 35 11 William Franklyn Major General 1 June 1906 Around May 1907 Franklyn s command was reorganised as the 3rd Division 36 37 12 Theodore Stephenson Major General May 1907 Around May 1907 the 6th Division was reorganised as the 4th Division 38 39 13 Herbert Belfield Major General 12 May 1907 40 14 Thomas Snow Major General 12 May 1911 Under Snow the division was mobilised for the First World War and departed for France Snow was incapacitated on 9 September 1914 during the First Battle of the Marne 41 42 Acting Henry Wilson Brigadier General 9 September 1914 6 15 Sir Henry Rawlinson Major General 23 September 1914 6 16 Henry Wilson Major General 4 October 1914 6 17 William Lambton Major General 4 October 1914 Lambton was incapacitated on 12 September 1917 6 Acting Ralph Berners Brigadier General 12 September 1917 6 18 Torquhil Matheson Major General 21 September 1917 6 19 Louis Lipsett Major General 14 September 1918 Lipsett was killed in action on 14 October 1918 6 20 Cuthbert Lucas Major General 15 October 1918 On 6 January 1919 the division was demobilised in Belgium 43 21 Sir Cameron Shute Major General 1 November 1919 The division was reformed in England 44 45 22 Sir Reginald Stephens Major General 1 November 1923 46 23 Sir Percy Radcliffe Major General 1 April 1926 47 24 Archibald Cameron Major General 1 October 1927 48 25 Charles Bonham Carter Major General 1 June 1931 49 26 John Brind Major General 21 July 1933 On 13 December 1934 Brind was temporarily assigned as the commander of the peacekeeping International Force in the Saar and held this position until 16 March 1935 50 27 James Dick Cunyngham Major General 1 June 1935 Died in office 51 52 28 Clive Liddell Major General 27 November 1935 53 Acting Unknown Unknown 13 December 1937 On this date Liddell relinquished command of the division A new commanding officer was not appointed until the new year 54 29 Dudley Johnson Major General 7 January 1938 During Johnson s tenure the division was mobilised for service in the Second World War The division was deployed to France in 1939 and was evacuated back to the UK in 1940 55 56 30 Ralph Eastwood Major General 25 June 1940 57 31 John Swayne Major General 4 October 1940 57 32 John Hawkesworth Major General 9 March 1942 During Hawkesworth s tenure the division was deployed to Tunisia and fought in the Tunisian campaign 56 Acting John Hogshaw Brigadier 22 August 1943 57 33 Hayman Hayman Joyce Major General 5 September 1943 During Hayman Joyce s tenure the division was deployed to fight in the Italian campaign 56 34 Dudley Ward Major General 20 April 1944 In December 1944 the division was deployed to Greece and would remain there until the end of the war 56 Acting Rudolph Kirwan Brigadier 9 March 1945 57 34 Dudley Ward Major General 2 April 1945 57 Acting Rudolph Kirwan Brigadier 20 April 1945 57 35 Colin Callander Major General 25 April 1945 57 36 Ernest Down Major General 26 September 1946 The division was disbanded in Greece in March 1947 7 58 59 37 Reginald Hewetson Major General April 1956 In April 1956 the 11th Armoured Division based in Germany was reorganised as the 4th Infantry Division 7 60 38 Gerald Hopkinson Major General 2 March 1958 During Hopkinson s tenure the word infantry was dropped from the division s title 61 39 Desmond Gordon Major General 12 October 1959 62 40 Jean Allard Major General 10 November 1961 Allard was a Canadian Army officer and the first Canadian to command a British Army division 8 63 41 Basil Eugster Major General 15 October 1963 64 42 Michael Forrester Major General 14 October 1965 65 43 Vernon Erskine Crum Major General 16 October 1967 66 44 David Fraser Major General 10 October 1969 67 45 Anthony Farrar Hockley Major General 10 October 1971 68 46 Michael Gow Major General 10 October 1973 69 47 Nigel Bagnall Major General 21 September 1975 70 48 Richard Vickers Major General 7 October 1977 On 1 January 1978 the formation was redesignated as the 4th Armoured Division 7 71 49 John Akehurst Major General 19 July 1979 72 50 Jeremy Reilly Major General 20 November 1981 73 51 John Waters Major General 21 November 1983 74 52 Michael Hobbs Major General December 1985 75 76 53 William Rous Major General 30 November 1987 77 54 Jeremy Mackenzie Major General 15 December 1989 78 55 Anthony Denison Smith Major General 15 December 1989 As part of Options for Change the division was disbanded in Germany in 1993 79 80 56 Nigel Richards Major General 31 March 1996 The division was reformed in England 79 81 57 Timothy Sulivan Major General 1998 82 58 John Holmes Major General 29 January 2001 83 59 Andrew Ritchie Major General 1 April 2002 84 60 David Judd Major General 6 January 2003 85 61 Seumas Kerr Major General 1 May 2004 86 62 Peter Everson Major General 16 October 2006 87 63 Lamont Kirkland Major General 12 November 2008 During January 2012 the division was disbanded 88 89 Notes Edit a b Haythornthwaite 2016 The Divisional System a b c Reid 2004 pp 52 55 Weller 2010 p 34 Siborne 1900 pp 735 Ross of Bladensburg 1896 pp 49 50 Barthorp 1980 p 155 McGuigan 2001 pp 8 29 67 Demchak 2011 p 127 Creswicke 1900 pp 15 20 35 Chart of Staff Appointments Made at the Commencement of the War Creswicke 1901 p 138 Dunlop 1938 p 74 a b c d e f g h Becke 1935 p 57 a b c d e Lord amp Watson 2003 p 33 a b General Allard To Return To Canada The Times No 55793 30 August 1963 Tanner 2014 pp 13 14 Reid 2004 p 52 a b McGuigan amp Burnham 2017 pp 158 159 Reid 2004 pp 54 55 a b Reid 2004 p 55 Reid 2004 p 56 Oman 1930 p 513 Weller 2010 p 34 Ross of Bladensburg 1896 pp 49 50 McGuigan amp Burnham 2017 p 137 Siborne 1900 pp 73 McGuigan amp Burnham 2017 p 137 Barthorp 1980 p 155 McGuigan 2001 pp 8 29 No 21584 The London Gazette 18 August 1854 p 2566 a b McGuigan 2001 pp 26 29 Memorial Brigadier General T Leigh Goldie Imperial War Museum McGuigan 2001 p 29 McGuigan 2001 p 34 No 21738 The London Gazette 2 July 1855 p 2543 McGuigan 2001 p 43 a b Boase George Clement Dictionary of National Biography Retrieved 6 December 2021 McGuigan 2001 p 67 Demchak 2011 p 127 No 21793 The London Gazette 5 October 1855 p 3683 Chichester Henry Manners Chichester Dictionary of National Biography Retrieved 6 December 2021 Creswicke 1900 pp 15 20 35 Chart of Staff Appointments Made at the Commencement of the War Dunlop 1938 p 74 No 27129 The London Gazette 24 October 1899 p 6387 Creswicke 1900 pp 17 33 Creswicke 1901 p 138 Hare 1929 p 281 No 27193 The London Gazette 18 May 1900 p 3148 Dunlop 1938 p 219 War Office Monthly Army List July 1903 London His Majesty s Stationery Office July 1903 p 8 and No 27515 The London Gazette 13 January 1903 p 237 No 27920 The London Gazette 8 June 1906 p 4001 War Office Monthly Army List March 1907 London His Majesty s Stationery Office March 1907 p 18a and War Office Monthly Army List May 1907 London His Majesty s Stationery Office May 1907 p 18a No 27920 The London Gazette 8 June 1906 p 4001 War Office Monthly Army List March 1907 London His Majesty s Stationery Office March 1907 p 18a and No 28024 The London Gazette 24 May 1907 p 3593 No 28024 The London Gazette 24 May 1907 p 3593 and No 28496 The London Gazette 19 May 1911 p 3818 No 28496 The London Gazette 19 May 1911 p 3818 Becke 1935 pp 57 62 Becke 1935 pp 57 63 No 31643 The London Gazette Supplement 14 November 1919 p 13875 and No 32878 The London Gazette 9 November 1923 p 7659 War Office Monthly Army List December 1920 London His Majesty s Stationery Office 1920 p 33 No 32878 The London Gazette 9 November 1923 p 7659 and No 33149 The London Gazette 9 April 1926 p 2469 No 33149 The London Gazette 9 April 1926 p 2469 and No 33320 The London Gazette 14 October 1927 p 6470 No 33320 The London Gazette 14 October 1927 p 6470 and No 33320 The London Gazette 5 June 1931 p 33723 No 33723 The London Gazette 5 June 1931 p 3654 and No 33962 The London Gazette Supplement 21 July 1933 p 4886 No 33964 The London Gazette 28 July 1933 p 5045 No 34114 The London Gazette 14 December 1934 p 8124 No 34144 The London Gazette 22 March 1935 p 1981 and No 34165 The London Gazette 31 May 1935 p 3519 No 34168 The London Gazette 7 June 1935 p 3708 Montague Smith 1980 p B 227 No 34226 The London Gazette 3 December 1935 p 7671 and No 34482 The London Gazette 15 February 1938 p 969 No 34482 The London Gazette 15 February 1938 p 969 No 34472 The London Gazette 11 January 1938 p 192 a b c d Joslen 2003 pp 45 46 a b c d e f g Joslen 2003 p 45 No 37746 The London Gazette Supplement 1 October 1946 p 4933 Obituary Lieut General Sir Ernest Down The Times No 60557 22 February 1980 p 16 No 40727 The London Gazette Supplement 6 March 1956 p 1427 and No 41326 The London Gazette Supplement 28 February 1958 p 1429 No 41326 The London Gazette Supplement 28 February 1958 p 1429 and No 41839 The London Gazette Supplement 9 October 1959 p 6415 No 41839 The London Gazette Supplement 9 October 1959 p 6415 and No 42508 The London Gazette Supplement 7 November 1961 p 8089 No 42508 The London Gazette Supplement 7 November 1961 p 8089 and No 43130 The London Gazette Supplement 11 October 1963 p 8421 No 43130 The London Gazette Supplement 11 October 1963 p 8421 and No 43788 The London Gazette Supplement 12 October 1965 p 9553 No 43788 The London Gazette Supplement 12 October 1965 p 9553 and No 44430 The London Gazette Supplement 13 October 1967 p 11261 No 44430 The 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