6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) - General Officers Commanding

General Officers Commanding

Commanders have included:

  • 1905-1906 Major-General Arthur Wynne
  • 1906-1907 Major-General Theodore Stephenson
  • 1907-1909 Major-General Lawrence Parsons
  • 1909-1910 Major-General Charles Metcalfe
  • 1910-1914 Major-General William Pulteney
  • 1914-1915 Major-General John Keir
  • May 1915-Nov 1915 Major-General Walter Congreve
  • 1915-1917 Major-General Charles Ross
  • 1917-1919 Major-General Thomas Marden
  • 1919-1922 Major-General Sir Peter Strickland


  • 1939-1940 Major-General Richard O'Connor
  • Jan 1941-Sep 1941 John Evetts


  • 2008-2009 Major-General Jacko Page
  • 2009-2011 Major-General Nick Carter

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