Scottish Command
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The Command was established in 1905 at Edinburgh CastleEdinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear...
but moved to Craigiehall
Craigiehall
Craigiehall is a late-17th-century country house, which now serves as the Headquarters of the 2nd Division of the British Army. It is located close to Cramond, around west of central Edinburgh, Scotland....
in the early 1950s.
Since 1936 the General Officer Commanding
General Officer Commanding
General Officer Commanding is the usual title given in the armies of Commonwealth nations to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC II Corps or GOC 7th Armoured Division...
Scottish Command has also always been appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle.
In September 1939 consisted of Highland Area with 9th and 51st Divisions, and Lowland Area with 15th and 52nd Divisions, plus other troops.
The Command was merged into HQ UK Land Forces (HQ UKLF) in 1972 and Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
became a District under the new structure. Scotland continued to have district status until 2000 when the last General Officer Commanding Scotland stood down.
General Officers Commanding-in-Chief
Commanders-in-Chief have included:General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Scottish District
- 1896 - 1901 Lieutenant General Sir Edward ChapmanEdward Chapman (British Army officer)General Sir Edward Francis Chapman KCB was a British Army officer who commanded the Army in Scotland.-Military career:Chapman was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1858. He served in Abyssinia between 1867 and 1868 and was a member of a mission to Yarkand in China in 1874...
- 1901 - 1903 Lieutenant General Sir Archibald HunterArchibald HunterGeneral Sir Archibald Hunter GCB GCVO DSO was a General in the British Army who distinguished himself during the Boer War...
- 1903 - 1905 Lieutenant General Sir Charles TuckerCharles Tucker (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Charles Tucker GCB GCVO was a British Army General during the early years of the twentieth century.-Military career:Tucker was commissioned into the 22nd Foot in 1855....
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Scottish Command
- 1905 Lieutenant General Sir Charles TuckerCharles Tucker (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Charles Tucker GCB GCVO was a British Army General during the early years of the twentieth century.-Military career:Tucker was commissioned into the 22nd Foot in 1855....
- 1905 - 1909 Lieutenant General Sir Edward LeachEdward Pemberton LeachGeneral Sir Edward Pemberton Leach VC KCB KCVO was an Irish 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...
- 1909 - 1913 Lieutenant General Sir Bruce HamiltonBruce Hamilton (British Army officer)General Sir Bruce Meade Hamilton GCB, KCVO was a British Army General during World War I.-Military career:...
- 1913 - 1914 Lieutenant General Sir James Wolfe-Murray
- 1914 - 1918 Lieutenant General Sir Spencer EwartSpencer EwartLieutenant General Sir John Spencer Ewart KCB was Adjutant-General to the Forces in the British Army.-Military career:Educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Spencer Ewart was commissioned into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in 1881.He served with his...
- 1918 - 1919 Lieutenant General Sir Frederick McCrackenFrederick McCrackenLieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Nicholas McCracken, KCB, DSO, was a British Army officer who saw regimental service in Africa during the late nineteenth century, and later held senior command during the First World War...
- 1919 - 1923 Lieutenant General Sir Francis DaviesFrancis Davies (British Army officer)General Sir Francis John Davies KCB KCMG KCVO was a British Army General during World War I.-Military career:Davies was commissioned into the Worcestershire Militia in 1881. He transferred to the Grenadier Guards in 1884 becoming Adjutant to the 2 Bn Grenadier Guards in 1893...
- 1923 - 1926 Lieutenant General Sir Walter BraithwaiteWalter BraithwaiteGeneral Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite, GCB was a British general during World War I. After being dismissed from his position as Chief of Staff for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, he received some acclaim as a competent divisional commander on the Western Front...
- 1926 - 1930 Lieutenant General Sir William PeytonWilliam PeytonGeneral Sir William Eliot Peyton KCB KCVO DSO was a British soldier, a general of the First World War who fought in several other wars.He was Delhi Herald of Arms Extraordinary at the time of the Delhi Durbar of 1911....
- 1930 - 1933 General Sir Percy RadcliffePercy Radcliffe (British Army officer)General Sir Percy Pollexfen de Blaquiere Radcliffe KCB KCMG DSO was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1930s.-Military career:...
- 1933 - 1937 General Sir Archibald CameronArchibald Rice CameronGeneral Sir Archibald Rice Cameron of Locheil GBE KCB CMG was a British Army General during the 1930s.-Military career:...
- 1937 - 1940 General Sir Charles GrantCharles Grant (British Army officer)General Sir Charles John Cecil Grant KCB KCVO DSO was a British Army General during World War II.-Military career:Charles Grant was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1897...
- 1940 - 1941 Lieutenant General Sir Harold CarringtonHarold CarringtonLieutenant General Sir Robert Harold Carrington KCB DSO was a British Army General during World War II.-Military career:Harold Carrington was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1901; he served in the Second Boer War between 1901 and 1902 and then transferred to the Royal Horse...
- 1941 - 1945 Lieutenant General Sir Andrew ThorneAndrew ThorneGeneral Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne KCB, CMG, DSO & Two Bars was a soldier in the British Army who served in the First and Second World Wars.-Military career:...
- 1945 - 1947 Lieutenant General Sir Neil RitchieNeil RitchieGeneral Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie GBE, KCB, DSO, MC, KStJ was a senior British army officer during the Second World War.-Military career:...
- 1947 - 1949 Lieutenant General Sir Philip ChristisonPhilip ChristisonGeneral Sir Philip Christison, 4th Baronet GBE CB DSO MC was a British military commander of the Second World War.-Early life and career:...
- 1949 - 1952 Lieutenant General Sir Gordon McMillanGordon Holmes MacMillanGeneral Sir Gordon Holmes Alexander MacMillan, Lord MacMillan of MacMillan of Knap, KCB, KCVO, CBE, DSO and MC with two bars was a British General who commanded several British Army divisions during World War II and who was decorated for bravery in World War I...
- 1952 - 1955 Lieutenant General Sir Colin BarberColin Muir BarberSir Colin Muir Barber, KBE, CB, DSO and bar , was a British General who commanded the 15th Division during their actions across north west Europe in World War II...
- 1955 - 1958 Lieutenant General Sir Horatius MurrayHoratius MurrayGeneral Sir Horatius Murray GCB KBE DSO was a British Army General during World War II.-Military career:Horatius Murray was commissioned into the Cameronians in 1923....
- 1958 - 1961 Lieutenant General Sir George Collingwood
- 1961 - 1964 Lieutenant General Sir William TurnerWilliam Turner (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Robert Turner KBE CB DSO was a British Army General during the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Military career:William Turner was commissioned into the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1928....
- 1964 - 1966 Lieutenant General Sir George Gordon-LennoxGeorge Gordon-LennoxLieutenant-General Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox, KBE, CB, CVO, DSO was a British soldier.-Military career:...
- 1966 - 1969 Lieutenant General Sir Derek LangDerek LangLieutenant General Sir Derek Boileau Lang KCB DSO MC was a British Army General who commanded the Army in Scotland.-Military career:...
- 1969 - 1972 Lieutenant General Sir Henry LeaskHenry LeaskLieutenant General Sir Henry Lowther Ewart Clark Leask KCB DSO OBE was a British Army General who held high command during the 1960s.-Military career:Henry Leask was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1936....
General Officer Commanding, Scotland
- 1972 - 1976 Lieutenant General Sir Chandos BlairChandos BlairLieutenant General Sir Chandos Blair KCVO OBE MC & Bar was General Officer Commanding Scotland.-Military career:...
- 1976 - 1979 Lieutenant General Sir David Scott-BarrettDavid Scott-BarrettLieutenant General Sir David William Scott-Barrett KBE MC was General Officer Commanding Scotland.-Military career:...
- 1979 - 1980 Lieutenant General Sir Michael GowMichael Gow (British Army officer)General Sir James Michael Gow GCB is a retired British Army General who reached high office in the 1980s.-Military career:Educated at Winchester College, Gow was commissioned into the Scots Guards during World War II...
- 1980 - 1982 Lieutenant General Sir David YoungDavid Young (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir David Tod Young KBE CB DFC was General Officer Commanding Scotland.-Military career:Educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Young was commissioned into the Royal Scots in 1945...
- 1982 - 1985 Lieutenant General Sir Alexander BoswellAlexander Boswell (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Crawford Simpson Boswell KCB CBE DL is a former British Army officer. He joined the Army as junior officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders shortly after the Second World War, and after a series of regimental and staff postings was second-in-command of his...
- 1985 - 1988 Lieutenant General Sir Norman ArthurNorman ArthurLieutenant General Sir John Norman Stewart Arthur KCB CVO was General Officer Commanding in Scotland.-Military career:Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Arthur was commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys in 1951...
- 1988 - 1991 Lieutenant General Sir John MacMillanJohn MacMillan (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir John Richard Alexander MacMillan KCB CBE was General Officer Commanding Scotland.-Military career:...
- 1991 - 1993 Lieutenant General Sir Peter GrahamPeter Graham (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Peter Walter Graham KCB CBE was General Officer Commanding Scotland.-Military career:Brought up in Fyvie in Aberdeenshire and educated at St Paul's School in London and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Graham was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1956...
- 1993 - 1995 Major-General Michael ScottMichael Scott (British Army officer)Major-General Michael Ian Eldon Scott CB CBE DSO is a British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.-Military career:...
- 1995 - 1997 Major-General Jonathan HallJonathan Hall (British Army officer)Major-General Jonathan Michael Francis Cooper Hall CB OBE was General Officer Commanding Scotland.-Military career:Educated at Taunton School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Hall was commissioned into the 3rd Carabiniers in 1965. He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Royal Scots...
- 1997 - 2000 Major-General Mark StrudwickMark StrudwickMajor-General Mark Jeremy Strudwick CBE was General Officer Commanding Scotland.-Military career:Educated at St Edmund's School in Canterbury and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Strudwick was commissioned into the Royal Scots in 1966...