3rd Mechanised Division (United Kingdom) - Recent Commanders

Recent Commanders

Recent Commanders have been:
GOC 3rd Division

  • 1907-1910 Major-General William Franklyn
  • 1910-1914 Major-General Henry Rawlinson
  • May 1914-Oct 1914 Major-General Hubert Hamilton
  • Oct 1914 Major-General Colin Mackenzie
  • 1914-1916 Major-General Aylmer Haldane
  • 1916-1919 Major-General Cyril Deverell
  • 1919-1922 Major-General Robert Whigham
  • 1922-1926 Major-General William Heneker
  • 1926-1930 Major-General John Burnett-Stuart
  • 1930-1932 Major-General Harry Knox
  • 1932-1934 Major-General Walter Pitt-Taylor
  • 1934-1936 Major-General Robert Gordon-Finlayson
  • 1936 Major-General Cecil Heywood
  • 1936-1939 Major-General Denis Bernard
  • 1939-1940 Major-General Bernard Montgomery
  • 1940-1941 Major-General James Gammell
  • 1941-1942 Major-General Eric Hayes
  • 1942-1943 Major-General William Ramsden
  • 1943-1944 Major-General Tom Rennie
  • 1944-1947 Major-General Lashmer Whistler
  • 1951-1952 Major-General Hugh Stockwell
  • 1952-1954 Major-General Nigel Poett
  • 1954-1957 Major-General John Churcher
  • 1957-1959 Major-General George Gordon-Lennox
  • 1959-1961 Major-General Charles Harington
  • 1961-1962 Major-General Vivian Street
  • 1962-1964 Major-General Michael Carver
  • 1964-1966 Major-General Cecil Blacker
  • 1966-1968 Major-General Anthony Deane-Drummond
  • 1968-1970 Major-General Terence McMeekin
  • 1970-1972 Major-General Glyn Gilbert
  • 1972-1974 Major-General Richard Worsley
  • 1974-1976 Major-General Robin Carnegie

GOC 3rd Armoured Division

  • 1976-1978 Major-General Michael Walsh
  • 1978-1980 Major-General Henry Dalzell-Payne
  • 1980-1982 Major-General Norman Arthur
  • 1982-1984 Major-General Anthony Walker
  • 1984-1987 Major-General David Ramsbotham
  • 1987-1988 Major-General Edward Jones
  • 1988-1990 Major-General Michael Wilkes
  • 1990-1992 Major-General Christopher Wallace

GOC 3rd (UK) Division

  • 1992-1994 Major-General Hew Pike
  • 1994-1996 Major-General Mike Jackson
  • 1996-1999 Major-General Cedric Delves

GOC 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division

  • 1999-2000 Major General Richard Dannatt
  • 2000-2003 Major General John McColl
  • 2003-2005 Major General Graeme Lamb
  • 2005-2007 Major General Richard Shirreff
  • 2007-2009 Major General Barney White-Spunner
  • 2009-2011 Major General James Everard
  • 2011-present Major General John Lorimer

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