Quartermaster-General to the Forces
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In the United Kingdom
, the Quartermaster-General to the Forces (QMG) is a senior general in the British Army
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From 1904 the Quartermaster-General to the Forces was the Third Military Member of the Army Board
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In modern use the QMG is the senior General Officer in the army holding a logistics appointment and is currently the Lieutenant General holding the post of Chief of Materiel (Land) (CoM(L)) within Defence Equipment and Support. The QMG sits upon the highest committee within the army, the Army Board.
From May 2012 the Quartermaster General will be Lieutenant General Christopher Deverell.
United Kingdom
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, the Quartermaster-General to the Forces (QMG) is a senior general in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
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From 1904 the Quartermaster-General to the Forces was the Third Military Member of the Army Board
Army Board
The Army Board is the senior single-service management committee of the British Army:-Army Board members:*Civilian** The Secretary of State for Defence** Minister for the Armed Forces** Minister for Defence Equipment and Support...
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Responsibilities
The Quartermaster-General to the Forces is traditionally responsible for the supply of equipment, provisions and munitions.In modern use the QMG is the senior General Officer in the army holding a logistics appointment and is currently the Lieutenant General holding the post of Chief of Materiel (Land) (CoM(L)) within Defence Equipment and Support. The QMG sits upon the highest committee within the army, the Army Board.
Recent holders of the post
Holders of the post have included:- 1712-1742 Major-General John ArmstrongJohn Armstrong (surveyor)Major-General John Armstrong was a British Engineer and Soldier.-Military career:Armstrong joined the Williamite Army of Ireland in 1691...
- 1742-1763 Lieutenant General Humphrey BlandHumphrey BlandLieutenant General Humphrey Bland was a British Army general who commanded the cavalry at the Battle of Culloden.-Military career:Bland was commissioned as an ensign in 1704...
- 1763-1796 Lieutenant-General George MorrisonGeorge Morrison (British Army officer)General George Morrison was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Morrison joined the British Army as a gunner in 1722...
- 1796-1803 Lieutenant-General Sir David DundasSir David Dundas, 1st BaronetGeneral Sir David Dundas, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British general who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces from 1809 to 1811.-Military service:...
- 1803-1811 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert BrownriggRobert BrownriggGeneral Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet GCB was a British statesman and soldier.-Military career:Brownrigg was commissioned as an ensign in 1775...
- 1811-1851 General Sir James GordonSir James Gordon, 1st BaronetGeneral Sir James Willoughby Gordon GCB GCH was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Gordon was commissioned into the 66th Regiment of Foot in 1783....
- 1851-1855 Lieutenant-General Sir James FreethJames FreethGeneral Sir James Freeth KCB KH was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Freeth was commissioned into the 98th Regiment of Foot in 1806. He served in the Peninsular War and in France from 1809 to 1814 and, in 1851, was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces...
- 1855-1865 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard AireyRichard Airey, 1st Baron AireyGeneral Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey GCB , known as Sir Richard Airey between 1855 and 1876, was a British general.-Background:...
- 1865-1870 Lieutenant-General Sir James GrantJames Hope GrantGeneral Sir James Hope Grant GCB , British general, was the fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir Francis Grant, President of the Royal Academy.-Military career:...
- 1870-1871 General Sir Frederick HainesFrederick HainesField Marshal Sir Frederick Paul Haines, GCB, GCSI, CIE was a British army officer.-Military career:Haines was commissioned into the 4th Regiment of Foot in 1839. Haines served in the Crimean War and as the senior officer at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854 held the barrier for six hours...
- 1871-1876 General Sir Charles ElliceCharles ElliceGeneral Sir Charles Ellice GCB is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Born in Florence in Italy, Charles Ellice was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1839....
- 1876-1880 General Sir Daniel LysonsDaniel Lysons (British Army officer)General Sir Daniel Lysons GCB was a British Army general who achieved high office in the 1870s.-Military career:...
- 1880-1882 Lieutenant-General Sir Garnet WolseleyGarnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount WolseleyField Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, China, Canada, and widely throughout Africa—including his Ashanti campaign and the Nile Expedition...
- 1882-1887 General Sir Arthur HerbertArthur James HerbertGeneral Sir James Arthur Herbert KCB was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Born Arthur James Jones, Herbert was commissioned into the 23rd Regiment of Foot in 1839. Along with other members of his family he changed his surname to Herbert in 1848.He rose through the officer ranks...
- 1887-1890 Major-General Sir Redvers BullerRedvers BullerGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller VC GCB GCMG was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
- 1890-1893 Lieutenant General Sir Thomas BakerThomas Durand BakerLieutenant General Sir Thomas Durand Baker KCB was a British army officer, and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
- 1893 General Sir Robert BiddulphRobert Biddulph (British Army officer)General Sir Robert Biddulph GCB GCMG was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Twyford School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Biddulph was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1853. He served in the Crimean War and was present at the Siege of Sevastopol in...
- 1893-1897 General Sir Evelyn Wood
- 1897-1898 General Sir Richard HarrisonRichard Harrison (British Army officer)General Sir Richard Harrison GCB, CMG, DL was a British soldier and engineer.-Personal life:Born in Essex, he was the second son of Benjamin John Harrison and his wife Emily, daughter of Richard Hall. Harrison was educated at Harrow School. In 1870, he married Amy, the daughter of J. Doyle O'Brien...
- 1898-1899 General Sir George Stuart White
- 1899-1903 General Sir Charles ClarkeSir Charles Clarke, 3rd BaronetGeneral Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet GCB GCVO was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Eton College, Clarke was commissioned into the 57th Regiment of Foot in 1856....
- 1903-1904 General Sir Ian HamiltonIan Standish Monteith HamiltonGeneral Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO TD was a general in the British Army and is most notably for commanding the ill-fated Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Battle of Gallipoli....
- 1904-1905 General Sir Herbert PlumerHerbert Plumer, 1st Viscount PlumerField Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE was a British colonial official and soldier born in Torquay who commanded the British Second Army in World War I and later served as High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine.-Military...
- 1905-1908 General Sir William NicholsonWilliam Nicholson, 1st Baron NicholsonField Marshal William Gustavus Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson, GCB , was a British Army officer who, in a half-century of service, rose through the ranks in India and the Boer War to the rank of Field Marshal...
- 1908-1912 Lieutenant General Sir Herbert MilesHerbert MilesLieutenant General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles GCB GCMG GBE CVO was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Miles was commissioned into the 101st Regiment of Foot in 1869....
- 1912-1919 General Sir John CowansJohn CowansGeneral Sir John Stephen Cowans GCB GCMG MVO was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Dr Burney's Academy at Gosport, Cowans was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1881....
- 1919-1923 Lieutenant General Sir Travers ClarkeTravers ClarkeLieutenant General Sir Travers Edwards Clarke GBE KCB KCMG was a British Army officer who served in the South African War and the First World War. During the First World War, he held various staff positions; he was Quartermaster-General to the Armies in France from 1917 to 1921, when he became...
- 1923-1927 Lieutenant General Sir Walter CampbellWalter Campbell (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Walter Campbell KCB KCMG DSO was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Campbell was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1887. He served with the Waziristan Field Force, the Chitral Relief Force and the Tirah Expeditionary Force. He also served in the...
- 1927-1930 Lieutenant General Sir Hastings AndersonHastings AndersonLieutenant General Sir Hastings Anderson KCB was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Anderson was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1890.He fought in the Second Boer War becoming Deputy Assistant...
- 1931-1934 General Sir Felix ReadyFelix ReadyGeneral Sir Felix Fordati Ready GBE KCB CSI CMG DSO was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Wellington College, Ready was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1891. He took part in the Nile Expedition and the Siege of Khartoum and also the Second Boer...
- 1935-1939 General Sir Reginald MayReginald MayGeneral Sir Reginald Seaburne May KCB KBE CMG DSO was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Haileybury, May was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers in 1898....
- 1939-1942 General Sir Walter VenningWalter VenningGeneral Sir Walter King Venning GCB CMG CBE MC was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Allhallows College then in Honiton, Devon, Venning was commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1901...
- 1942-1946 General Sir Thomas Riddell-WebsterThomas Riddell-WebsterGeneral Sir Thomas Sheridan Riddell-Webster GCB DSO was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Harrow School Riddell-Webster was commissioned into the Cameronians in 1905....
- 1946-1947 General Sir Daril WatsonDaril WatsonGeneral Sir Daril Gerard Watson GCB CBE MC was a British Army General during World War II.-Military career:Daril Watson was enlisted into the British Army in 1914 at the start of World War I. He was commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry in 1915...
- 1947-1950 General Sir Sidney KirkmanSidney KirkmanGeneral Sir Sidney Chevalier Kirkman GCB, KBE, MC was a general in the British Armed Forces from 1944 to 1950 and Director General of Civil Defence in the Civil Defence Department from 1954 to 1960.-Biography:...
- 1950-1952 General Sir Ivor ThomasGwilym Ivor ThomasGeneral Sir Ivor Thomas GCB KBE DSO MC was a British Army General during World War II.-Military career:Thomas was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1912 and served in World War I....
- 1952-1955 General Sir Ouvry RobertsOuvry Lindfield RobertsGeneral Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts, GCB, KBE, DSO was an officer in the British Army and the British Indian Army during World War I and World War II.-Military career:...
- 1955-1956 Lieutenant General Maurice ChiltonMaurice ChiltonLieutenant General Sir Maurice Chilton KBE CB was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Chilton was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1915....
- 1956-1958 General Sir Nevil BrownjohnNevil BrownjohnGeneral Sir Nevil Charles Dowell Brownjohn GBE KCB CMG MC was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Brownjohn was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1915: he served in World War I...
- 1958-1961 General Sir Cecil SugdenCecil SugdenGeneral Sir Cecil Sugden GBE KCB is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.-Military career:Educated at Brighton College, Sugden was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1923....
- 1961-1965 General Sir Gerald LathburyGerald LathburyGeneral Sir Gerald William Lathbury, GCB, DSO, MBE was a British Army officer during the Second World War and later became Governor of Gibraltar-Military career:...
- 1965-1966 General Sir Charles RichardsonCharles Leslie RichardsonGeneral Sir Charles Leslie Richardson GCB CBE DSO was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1950s.-Military career:...
- 1966-1969 General Sir Alan JollyAlan JollyGeneral Sir Alan Jolly GCB CBE DSO is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Jolly was commissioned into the Royal Tank Corps in 1931...
- 1969-1973 General Sir Anthony ReadAnthony Read (British Army officer)General Sir John Antony Jervis Read GCB, CBE, DSO, MC was a senior British Army officer who became Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
- 1973-1977 General Sir William Jackson
- 1977-1979 General Sir Patrick Howard-DobsonPatrick Howard-DobsonGeneral Sir Patrick John Howard-Dobson GCB is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
- 1979-1982 General Sir Richard WorsleyRichard WorsleyGeneral Sir Richard Edward Worsley GCB OBE is a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1980s.-Military career:Educated at Radley College, Worsley was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1942....
- 1982-1983 Lieutenant General Sir Paul TraversPaul TraversLieutenant General Sir Paul Athony Travers KCB is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Travers was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment in 1947....
- 1983-1986 General Sir Richard TrantRichard TrantGeneral Sir Richard Brooking Trant, KCB, DL was an officer in the British Army. He was Land Deputy Commander in the Falklands War, and served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1983 to 1986....
- 1986-1988 General Sir Charles HuxtableCharles Huxtable (British Army officer)General Sir Charles Huxtable KCB CBE DL is a former Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces.-Army career:Educated at Wellington College, Charles Huxtable was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in February 1952 and served as a platoon commander in the latter stages of the Korean War...
- 1988-1991 General Sir Edward Jones
- 1991-1994 General Sir John Learmont
- 1994-1996 Lieutenant General Sir William RousWilliam Rous (British Army officer)Lieutenant General The Honourable Sir William Edward Rous KCB OBE is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Born the son of the Earl of Stradbroke, Rous was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1959....
- 1996-1998 Lieutenant General Sir Samuel CowanSamuel CowanGeneral Sir Samuel Cowan KCB CBE is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Career:Educated at Lisburn Technology College and the Open University, Cowan was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1963...
- 1998-2000 Lieutenant General Sir Scott GrantScott GrantLieutenant General Sir Scott Carnegie Grant KCB is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at The King's School, Pontefract, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Clare College, Cambridge, Scott Grant was commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1965.He...
- 2000-2002 Major-General David Judd
- 2002-2006 Major-General Anthony RaperAnthony RaperMajor-General Anthony John Raper CB CBE is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Tony Raper was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1970...
- 2006-2007 Major-General Timothy TylerTimothy TylerMajor-General Timothy Nicholas Tyler CB is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Tim Tyler was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1972....
- 2007-2009 Lieutenant General Dick ApplegateDick ApplegateLieutenant General Richard Arthur David Applegate CB OBE is a former Quartermaster-General and Master-General of the Ordnance to the Army. He left the British Army in October 2010 and is now a Director of Eagle Strategic Consulting Ltd....
- 2009–present Lieutenant General Gary CowardGary CowardLieutenant General Gary Robert Coward CB OBE is the current Director of Materiel and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
From May 2012 the Quartermaster General will be Lieutenant General Christopher Deverell.