Adjutant-General to the Forces

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The Adjutant-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the Adjutant-General (AG), is one of the most senior officers in the British Army. He is in charge of administration, personnel and organisational matters. The Adjutant-General usually holds the rank of General or Lieutenant-General. Despite his administrative role, the Adjutant-General, like most officers above the rank of Major-General, is invariably drawn from one of the combat arms, not from the support corps.

Headquarters Adjutant-General is at the former RAF Upavon, now Trenchard Lines, Upavon, Wiltshire, and will soon be amalgamated with Headquarters Land Command. The two headquarters are to move, probably to the premises at Andover which the Defence Logistics Organisation will vacate, and amalgamate by 2008/2009. Headquarters Adjutant General ceased to exist as of the 1st April 2008, its is now known as HQ LF (Headquarters Land Forces)

[edit] Holders of the post since World War II

• 1939 to 1940 General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson
• 1940 to 1941 Lieutenant-General Colville Wemyss
• 1941 to 1946 General Sir Ronald Adam
• 1946 to 1947 General Sir Richard O'Connor
• 1947 to 1959 General Sir James Steele
• 1950 to 1954 General Sir John Crocker
• 1954 to 1956 General Sir Cameron Nicholson
• 1956 to 1959 General Sir Charles Loewen
• 1959 to 1960 General Sir Hugh Stockwell
• 1960 to 1963 General Sir Richard Goodbody
• 1963 to 1965 General Sir James Cassels
• 1965 to 1967 General Sir Reginald Hewetson
• 1967 to 1969 General Sir Geoffrey Musson
• 1969 to 1973 General Sir John Mogg
• 1973 to 1976 General Sir Cecil Blacker
• 1976 to 1979 General Sir Jack Harman
• 1979 to 1981 General Sir Robert Ford
• 1981 to 1984 General Sir George Cooper
• 1984 to 1987 General Sir Roland Guy
• 1987 to 1988 General Sir David Mostyn
• 1988 to 1991 General Sir Robert Pascoe
• 1991 to 1993 General Sir David Ramsbotham
• 1993 to 1995 General Sir Michael Wilkes
• 1995 to 1997 General Sir Michael Rose
• 1997 to 2000 General Sir Alexander Harley
• 2000 to 2003 Lieutenant-General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman
• 2003 to 2005 Lieutenant-General Sir Alistair Irwin
• 2005 to date Lieutenant-General Sir Freddie Viggers

[edit] See also

• Adjutant general

[edit] References

• Regiments website