Inspector-General of the Forces was a
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
appointment. There were also Inspectors-General for the different
arms.
Inspector-General of the Forces
The post was created to review and report on the training and efficiency of units of the British Army under the control of the Home Government (i.e. excluding the
Army of India). In 1910 the scope of the Inspector-General was limited to the troops in the United Kingdom, and the General Officer Commanding in the Mediterranean was appointed Inspector-General of forces overseas.
* 2 March 1904:
The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
* 21 December 1907:
Sir John French
Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent t ...
* 1 March 1912:
Sir Charles Douglas Charles Douglas may refer to:
* Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry (1698–1778), Scottish nobleman
* Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry (1777–1837), Scottish peer
* Charles Douglas, 5th Lord Mordington 18th-century Scottish peer
...
(as Inspector-General of the Home Forces)
* 1 August 1914: Sir John French
On the outbreak of the First World War the post was redesignated
Commander-in-Chief, Home Army.
Inspector-General of Oversea Forces
* 1 August 1910:
Sir Ian Hamilton
Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a British Army general who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Hamilton was twice recommended for the Victoria Cro ...
, to July 1914
* 1 July 1939:
Sir Edmund Ironside,
to 3 September 1939
Inspector-General of Home Defences
* 1 July 1939:
Sir Walter Kirke[
On the outbreak of the Second World War Kirke was appointed ]Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces
Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces was a senior officer in the British Army during the First and Second World Wars. The role of the appointment was firstly to oversee the training and equipment of formations in preparation for their deployment ove ...
.
References
*Colin Mackie
Senior Army appointments 1860–
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Senior appointments of the British Army