Scottish Command or Army Headquarters Scotland (from 1972) is a

command Command may refer to: Computing * Command (computing), a statement in a computer language * command (Unix), a Unix command * COMMAND.COM, the default operating system shell and command-line interpreter for DOS * Command key, a modifier key on A ...

of the

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

History

Early history

Great Britain was divided into

military district Military districts (also called military regions) are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters ...

s on the outbreak of war with France in 1793. The Scottish District was commanded by the Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. In January 1876 a ‘Mobilization Scheme for the forces in Great Britain and Ireland’ was published, with the ‘Active Army’ divided into eight army corps based on the District Commands. 8th Corps was to be formed within Scottish Command, based at

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

. This scheme disappeared in 1881, when the districts were retitled ‘District Commands.

Early twentieth century

The 1901 Army Estimates introduced by

St John Brodrick William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC, DL (14 December 185613 February 1942), styled as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative and Irish Unionist Al ...

allowed for six army corps based on six regional commands. As outlined in a paper published in 1903,

VI Corps 6 Corps, 6th Corps, Sixth Corps, or VI Corps may refer to: France * VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VI Corps (Grande Armée), a formation of the Imperial French army dur ...

was to be formed in a reconstituted Scottish Command, with HQ at Edinburgh. Lieutenant General Sir Charles Tucker was appointed acting

General Officer Commanding General officer commanding (GOC) is the usual title given in the armies of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (and some other nations, such as Ireland) to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC ...

-in-Chief (GOCinC) of VI Corps in April 1903. Scottish Command was established in 1905 at

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but moved to Craigiehall in 1955.

First World War

Army Order No 324, issued on 21 August 1914, authorised the formation of a 'New Army' of six Divisions, manned by volunteers who had responded to

Earl Kitchener Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1914 for the famous officer Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum. He had alread ...

's appeal (hence the First New Army was known as 'K1'). Each division was to be under the administration of one of the Home Commands, and Scottish Command formed what became the

9th (Scottish) Division The 9th (Scottish) Division, was an infantry division of the British Army during the First World War, one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener to serve on the Western Front during the First World War. A ...

. It was followed by

15th (Scottish) Division The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that served in the First World War. The 15th (Scottish) Division was formed from men volunteering for Kitchener's Army, and served from 1915 to 1918 on the Wes ...

of K2 in September 1914. The

64th (2nd Highland) Division The 64th (2nd Highland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, raised during the Great War. The division was formed in late 1914 as a second-line Territorial Force formation which served on home defence duties throughout the war ...

was established in the Command by 1915 after the departure of

51st (Highland) Division The 51st (Highland) Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the British Army that fought on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front in France during the World War I, First World War from 1915 to 1918. The division was ra ...

for France.

Second World War

In September 1939 consisted of Highland Area with

9th (Highland) Infantry Division The 9th (Highland) Infantry Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the British Army, formed just prior to the start of the Second World War. In March 1939, after the re-emergence of Nazi Germany, Germany as a significant mil ...

and

51st (Highland) Infantry Division The 51st (Highland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War from 1915 to 1918. The division was raised in 1908, upon the creation of the Territorial Force, as ...

, and Lowland Area with

15th (Scottish) Infantry Division The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the British Army that served during the World War II, Second World War. It was raised on 2 September 1939, the day before war was declared, as part of the Ar ...

and

52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division The 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was originally formed as the Lowland Division, in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force. It later became the 52nd (Lowland) Division in 1915. The 52nd (Lowlan ...

, plus other troops.Leo Niehorster
Scottish Command
Retrieved December 2008 By 1940 during the

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the command was responsible to

Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces was a senior officer in the British Army during the First World War, First and Second World Wars. The role of the appointment was firstly to oversee the military training, training and Military equipment, equipmen ...

. As France was capitulating, General

Władysław Sikorski Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (; 20 May 18814 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader. Before World War I, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause of Polish independenc ...

. the Polish commander-in-chief and prime minister, was able to evacuate many Polish troops—probably over 20,000—to the United Kingdom.Wojsko Polskie we Francji
Świat Polonii. Various sources give estimates that can differ by a few percent. After initially regrouping in southern Scotland James Dunnigan,

Albert Nofi Albert A. Nofi (born January 6, 1944), is an American military historian, defense analyst, and designer of board and computer wargaming systems. Early life A native of Brooklyn, he attended New York City public schools, graduating from the Boys ...

; ''Dirty Little Secrets of World War II: Military Information No One Told You By'', HarperCollins, 1996,
Google Print, p.139
/ref> these Polish ground units (as I Corps, comprising the 1st Independent Rifle Brigade, the 10th Motorised Cavalry Brigade (as infantry) and cadre brigades largely manned by surplus officers at battalion strength) took over responsibility in October 1940 for the defence of the counties of

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and

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; this included reinforcing coastal defences that had already been started. I Corps was under the direct command of Scottish Command. While in this area the Corps was reorganised and expanded.Diana M. Henderson, ''The Lion and the Eagle: Polish Second World War Veterans in Scotland'', Cualann Press, 2001,

Post War

In 1950, the 51st/52nd (Scottish) Division was split, restoring the independence of the 52nd Lowland Division, which took regional command of Territorial Army units based in the Scottish Lowlands, including the Territorial infantry battalions of the Lowland Brigade regiments. In 1948, the 9th Special Communications Unit was formed in

Forfar Forfar (; , ) is the county town of Angus, Scotland, and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million-pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town had a population of 16,280. The town ...

administered by Scottish Command. The 30th Armoured Brigade was reformed in Scotland after the war as a fully Territorial Army formation, known as the 30th (Lowland) Independent Armoured Brigade. It was headquartered in

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

In 1955, Headquarters Scottish Command moved into modern facilities at Craigiehall, close to

Cramond Cramond Village (; ) is a village and suburb in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland, at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. In modern ...

, around 9 km (5.6 mi) west of central

. At this time, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief had 92 separate locations under his command, with 2,500 regular service men and women and 8,800 members of the Territorial Army, representing 14% of the total across the UK. The Command was merged into HQ

United Kingdom Land Forces United Kingdom Land Forces was a command of the British Army responsible for generating and preparing forces for current and contingency operations. The commander of the forces was known as Commander-in-Chief, United Kingdom Land Forces, who in ...

(HQ UKLF) in 1972 and the headquarters in

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

was downgraded to the status of a district, known as Army Headquarters Scotland. Scotland continued to have district status until 2000 when the last General Officer Commanding Scotland stood down and the Army HQ Scotland was replaced by HQ 2nd Infantry Division with control of troops in Scotland and the North of England.

General Officers Commanding

Commanders-in-Chief have included:

Commander-in-Chief, Scottish Army

* 1661–1663:

John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton ( – 3 July 1674) was a professional soldier and mercenary from Kincardineshire in Scotland. Beginning his career in the Thirty Years War, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms he fought for the Covenanters ...

* 1663–1667: John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes * 1667–1674:

George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow George Livingston Privy Council of Scotland, PC (July 1616 – 1 February 1690) was a military officer and third Earl of Linlithgow. Early life Livingston was born in July 1616. He was the eldest son of Alexander Livingston, 2nd Earl of Linlit ...

(acting) * 1674–1677: Sir George Munro * 1677–1679:

* 1679–1679:

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was an English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest ill ...

and Buccleuch * 1679–1685:

Thomas Dalyell Sir Thomas Dalyell of The Binns, 1st Baronet (1615 – 1685) was a Scottish Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known by the soubriquets "Bluidy Tam" and "The Muscovite De'il". Life Dalyell was born in Linlithgowshire, t ...

* 1685–1685: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton * 1685–1688:

William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan William Drummond, 1st Viscount of Strathallan, Lord Drummond of Cromlix (1617? – 1688), was a Scottish soldier and politician. He served as a Commissioner for Perthshire in the parliaments of 1669–74, 1681–82 and 1685–86, and at the Co ...

Charles Dalton,
The Scots army, 1661–1688, with memoirs of the commanders-in-chief
' (London, 1909). * 1688–1688: James Douglas * 1689–1690: Hugh Mackay * 1690–1697: Sir Thomas Livingstone, Viscount Teviot

Commander-in-Chief, Scotland (or North Britain)

* 1702–1705:

George Ramsay George Ramsay may refer to: * George Ramsay (footballer, born 1855) (1855–1935), Scottish football player and manager, associated with Aston Villa FC * George Ramsay (English Army officer) (1652–1705), English Army officer * George Ramsay (foot ...

* 1706–1710:

David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven David Melville, later Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven and ''de jure'' 2nd Earl of Melville (5 May 16606 June 1728) was a Scottish aristocrat, politician, and soldier. The third son of George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville and his second wife Catherin ...

* 1710–1712:

David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore KT, PC ( – 2 January 1730) was a Scottish military officer and peer who served as the governor of Gibraltar from 1713 to 1720. Early life He was the elder son of Sir Alexander Colyear, 1st Ba ...

* 1712–1716:

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, (10 October 1680 – 4 October 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a British army officer and politician. He served on the continent in the Nine Years' War ...

* 1716–1724:

George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter (10 February 1657 – 10 February 1731) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and peer. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland from 1716 to 1724 and as a member of parliament f ...

* 1724–1740:

George Wade Field Marshal George Wade (1673 – 14 March 1748) was a British Army officer and politician who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance. He went on to be a milit ...

* ... * 1743–1745: Sir John Cope * 1745–1745: Roger Handasyd * 1745–1746:

Henry Hawley Henry Hawley (12 January 1685 – 24 March 1759) was a British army officer who served in the wars of the first half of the 18th century. He fought in a number of significant battles, including the Capture of Vigo in 1719, Dettingen, Fo ...

(

Prince William, Duke of Cumberland Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (15 April 1721 Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="/nowiki>Old Style and New Style dates">N.S./nowiki> – 31 October 1765) was the third and youngest son of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ire ...

in overall command) * 1746–1747:

William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle Lieutenant-General Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (5 June 1702 – 22 December 1754) was a British Army officer, diplomat, courtier and colonial administrator. He held various roles in the household of George II of Great Britain, ...

* 1747–1752:

Humphrey Bland Lieutenant-General Humphrey Bland (1686 – 8 May 1763) was a British army officer. His military career began in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession and ended in 1756. First published in 1727, his ''Treatise of Military Discipline'' w ...

* 1752–1753: George Churchill * 1753–1756:

* 1756–1767:

Lord George Beauclerk Lieutenant-General Lord George Beauclerk (26 December 1704 – 11 May 1768) was a British Army officer, the sixth son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans by his wife Diana, daughter of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford. Military car ...

* 1767–1778:

John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman who was Governor General ...

* 1778–1780: Sir James Adolphus Oughton * 1780–1787: Alexander Mackay * ... * 1789–1798:

Lord Adam Gordon Major Lord Adam Granville Gordon (1 March 1909 – 5 July 1984) was a British royal courtier. Gordon was the second son of Lt.-Col. Granville Cecil Douglas Gordon (1883–1930), who was later an equerry to the Duke of Connaught, and Viole ...

* 1798–1799:

Sir Ralph Abercromby Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, (7 October 173428 March 1801) was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Trinidad in 1797. Rising to the rank of lieutenant general in the British ...

* ... * 1803–1806: Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira * 1806–1812: William Cathcart, 1st Viscount Cathcart * 1812–1816: Henry Wynyard * 1816–1819: Sir John Hope * 1819–1825: Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Bradford * 1825–1830: Lieutenant-General Sir Robert O'Callaghan * 1830–1837: General Patrick Stuart * 1837–1842: General Lord Greenock * 1842–1847: Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Douglas * 1847–1852: General

Henry Riddell General Henry James Riddell Royal Guelphic Order, KH (died 8 March 1861) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Military career Riddell was commissioned in 1798 and took part in the Battle of Copenhagen (1807), Ba ...

* 1852–1854: General Sir Thomas Napier * 1854–1860: General

Viscount Melville Viscount Melville, of Melville in the County of Edinburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Origins The title was created on 24 December 1802 for the notable lawyer and politician Henry Dundas. He was created Baron Dunira, ...

* 1860–1861: Major-General Duncan Cameron * 1861–1867: Major-General

Edward Forestier-Walker General Sir Edward Walter Forestier-Walker (born Walker; 18 February 1812 – 27 July 1881) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Early life Sir Edward was born in Dublin, the eldest son of Gen. Frederick Nathanie ...

Commanding the troops in the North British District

* 1868–1873: Major-General Randal Rumley * 1873–1875: Major-General

Sir John Douglas ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in Fren ...

* 1875–1878: Major-General John Stuart * 1878–1880: Major-General

Robert Bruce Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. He fought successfully dur ...

* 1880–1881: Major-General

William Hope William Hope may refer to: * William Johnstone Hope (1766–1831), prominent and controversial British Royal Navy officer and politician * Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet (1819–1898), British Army officer * William Hope (VC) (1834–1909), Scottis ...

* 1881–1885: Major-General Alastair Macdonald * 1885–1888: Major-General Alexander Elliot * 1888–1893: Major-General Sir Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley

Commanding the troops in the Scottish District

* 1893–1894: Major-General

Arthur Lyon Fremantle General Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle (11 November 1835 – 25 September 1901) was a British Army officer best known for his travels through the United States during the American Civil War. Whilst holding the rank of "Captain and Lieutenant C ...

* 1894–1896: Major-General Sir Hugh Rowlands

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Scottish District

*1896 – 1901 Lieutenant General Sir Edward Chapman *1901 – 1903 Lieutenant General Sir

Archibald Hunter General Sir Archibald Hunter, (6 September 1856 – 28 June 1936) was a senior officer in the British Army who distinguished himself during the Boer War. He was Governor of Omdurman, in Sudan, and later of Gibraltar. Early life Archibald Hunt ...

*1903 – 1905 Lieutenant General Sir Charles Tucker

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Scottish Command

*1905 Lieutenant General Sir Charles Tucker *1905 – 1909 Lieutenant General Sir Edward Leach *1909 – 1913 Lieutenant General Sir Bruce Hamilton *1913 – 1914 Lieutenant General Sir

James Wolfe Murray Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray (13 March 1853 – 17 October 1919) was a British Army officer who served in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War, Second Boer War and First World War. He became Chief of the Imperial General Staff three months ...

*1914 – 1918 Lieutenant General Sir

Spencer Ewart Lieutenant-General Sir John Spencer Ewart (22 March 1861 – 19 September 1930) was a British Army officer who became Adjutant-General to the Forces, but was forced to resign over the Curragh Incident. Early life and education Ewart was born ...

*1918 – 1919 Lieutenant General Sir

Frederick McCracken Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Nicholas McCracken, (18 August 1859 – 8 August 1949) was a British Army officer who saw regimental service in Africa during the late nineteenth century, and later held senior command during the First Wo ...

*1919 – 1923 Lieutenant General Sir Francis Davies *1923 – 1926 Lieutenant General Sir

Walter Braithwaite General Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite, (11 November 1865 – 7 September 1945) was a British Army officer who held senior commands during the First World War. After being dismissed from his position as Chief of Staff for the Mediterranean Exped ...

*1926 – 1930 Lieutenant General Sir

William Peyton General Sir William Eliot Peyton, (7 May 1866 – 14 November 1931) was a British Army officer who served as Military Secretary to the British Expeditionary Force from 1916 to 1918. He was Delhi Herald of Arms Extraordinary at the time of t ...

*1930 – 1933 General Sir

Percy Radcliffe Percy Radcliffe CBE (14 November 1916 – December 1991)Percy Radcliffe
Retrieved 18 December 2017. was a Member of ...

*1933 – 1937 General Sir Archibald Cameron *1937 – 1940 General Sir

Charles Grant Charles or Charlie Grant may refer to: Arts and entertainment * C.J. Grant (Charles Jameson Grant, ), American editorial cartoonist * Charles L. Grant (1942–2006), American novelist * Charles Grant (actor) (born 1957), American actor * Charles G ...

*1940 – 1941 Lieutenant General Sir Harold Carrington *1941 – 1945 Lieutenant General Sir

Andrew Thorne General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne, (20 September 1885 – 25 September 1970) was a senior British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars, where he commanded the 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division during t ...

*1945 – 1947 Lieutenant General Sir

Neil Ritchie General (United Kingdom), General Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie, (29 July 1897 – 11 December 1983) was a British Army officer who served in the World War I, First and Second World Wars. During the Second World War he commanded the Eighth Army (U ...

*1947 – 1949 Lieutenant General Sir

Philip Christison General Sir Alexander Frank Philip Christison, 4th Baronet, (17 November 1893 – 21 December 1993) was a British Army officer who served with distinction during the world wars. After service as a junior officer on the Western Front in the Fir ...

*1949 – 1952 Lieutenant General Sir

Gordon MacMillan General (United Kingdom), General Sir Gordon Holmes Alexander MacMillan of MacMillan and Knap, (7 January 1897 – 21 January 1986) was a Scottish professional soldier who rose to become a general in the British Army. As a young officer during ...

*1952 – 1955 Lieutenant General Sir Colin Barber *1955 – 1958 Lieutenant General Sir

Horatius Murray General Sir Horatius Murray, (18 April 1903 – 1989) was a senior British Army officer who served with distinction during the Second World War and later in the Korean War. Early life and military career Educated at Peter Symonds School and th ...

*1958 – 1961 Lieutenant General Sir George Collingwood *1961 – 1964 Lieutenant General Sir William Turner *1964 – 1966 Lieutenant General Sir

George Gordon-Lennox Lieutenant-General Sir George "Geordie" Charles Gordon-Lennox (29 May 1908 – 11 May 1988) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second World War. Military career Gordon-Lennox was born at 30 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, the ...

*1966 – 1969 Lieutenant General Sir

Derek Lang Lieutenant-General Sir Derek Boileau Lang KCB DSO MC (7 October 1913 − 7 April 2001) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second World War and was later General officer commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Scottish Command. Mil ...

*1969 – 1972 Lieutenant General Sir

Henry Leask Lieutenant General Sir Henry Lowther Ewart Clark Leask KCB DSO OBE (30 June 1913 – 10 January 2004) was a senior British Army officer who served in World War II and held high command during the 1960s. Military career Henry Leask was commiss ...

General Officer Commanding, Scotland

*1972 – 1976 Lieutenant General Sir

Chandos Blair Lieutenant General Sir Chandos Blair, (25 February 1919 – 22 January 2011) was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Scottish Command from 1972 to 1976. Military career He was the son of Arthur Blair DSO (186 ...

*1976 – 1979 Lieutenant General Sir

David Scott-Barrett Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Sir David William Scott-Barrett Order of the British Empire, KBE Military Cross, MC (16 December 1922 − 31 December 2003) was Scottish Command, General Officer Commanding Scotland. Milit ...

*1979 – 1980 Lieutenant General Sir

Michael Gow Michael Gow (born 14 February 1955) is an Australian playwright and director, notable for his 1986 play ''Away''. Early life Born in Sydney, Gow acted and directed with the Dramatic Society from 1973 to 1976 s a student at Sydney University. Af ...

*1980 – 1982 Lieutenant General Sir David Young *1982 – 1985 Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Boswell *1985 – 1988 Lieutenant General Sir

Norman Arthur Lieutenant-General Sir John Norman Stewart Arthur, KCB, CVO (6 March 1931 – 18 December 2023) was the General Officer Commanding in Scotland. Military career Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Arthur was ...

*1988 – 1991 Lieutenant General Sir John MacMillan *1991 – 1993 Lieutenant General Sir Peter Graham *1993 – 1995 Major-General

Michael Scott Michael Scott, Michael Scot, or Mike Scott may refer to: Academics * Michael Scot (1175 – c. 1232), mathematician and astrologer * Michael L. Scott (born 1959), American academic and computer scientist * Mike Scott, British linguist and designer ...

*1995 – 1997 Major-General Jonathan Hall *1997 – 2000 Major-General Mark Strudwick :''Note: There was no General Officer Commanding, Scotland between 2000 and 2012'' *2012 – 2015 Major-General

Nick Eeles Major General Nicholas Henry Eeles, (born 24 April 1961) is a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Scotland from 2012 to 2015. Military career Educated at the University of Bristol, Eeles was commissioned into the Ro ...

Military Secretary and General Officer, Scotland

*2015–2017 Major-General Nicholas Ashmore *2017–2019 Major-General

Bob Bruce Robert James Bruce (May 16, 1933 – March 14, 2017) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in 219 games in Major League Baseball from to for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Colt .45s / Astros, and Atla ...

*2019–2021 Major-General Tim Hyams *2021–2023 Major-General William Wright *2023–present Major-General Robin Lindsay

References

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