Recent Commanders
Recent Commanders have been:
GOC 3rd Division
- 1907-1910 Major-General William Franklyn
- 1910-1914 Major-General Henry Rawlinson
- May 1914-Oct 1914 Major-General Hubert Hamilton
- Oct 1914 Major-General Colin Mackenzie
- 1914-1916 Major-General Aylmer Haldane
- 1916-1919 Major-General Cyril Deverell
- 1919-1922 Major-General Robert Whigham
- 1922-1926 Major-General William Heneker
- 1926-1930 Major-General John Burnett-Stuart
- 1930-1932 Major-General Harry Knox
- 1932-1934 Major-General Walter Pitt-Taylor
- 1934-1936 Major-General Robert Gordon-Finlayson
- 1936 Major-General Cecil Heywood
- 1936-1939 Major-General Denis Bernard
- 1939-1940 Major-General Bernard Montgomery
- 1940-1941 Major-General James Gammell
- 1941-1942 Major-General Eric Hayes
- 1942-1943 Major-General William Ramsden
- 1943-1944 Major-General Tom Rennie
- 1944-1947 Major-General Lashmer Whistler
- 1951-1952 Major-General Hugh Stockwell
- 1952-1954 Major-General Nigel Poett
- 1954-1957 Major-General John Churcher
- 1957-1959 Major-General George Gordon-Lennox
- 1959-1961 Major-General Charles Harington
- 1961-1962 Major-General Vivian Street
- 1962-1964 Major-General Michael Carver
- 1964-1966 Major-General Cecil Blacker
- 1966-1968 Major-General Anthony Deane-Drummond
- 1968-1970 Major-General Terence McMeekin
- 1970-1972 Major-General Glyn Gilbert
- 1972-1974 Major-General Richard Worsley
- 1974-1976 Major-General Robin Carnegie
GOC 3rd Armoured Division
- 1976-1978 Major-General Michael Walsh
- 1978-1980 Major-General Henry Dalzell-Payne
- 1980-1982 Major-General Norman Arthur
- 1982-1984 Major-General Anthony Walker
- 1984-1987 Major-General David Ramsbotham
- 1987-1988 Major-General Edward Jones
- 1988-1990 Major-General Michael Wilkes
- 1990-1992 Major-General Christopher Wallace
GOC 3rd (UK) Division
- 1992-1994 Major-General Hew Pike
- 1994-1996 Major-General Mike Jackson
- 1996-1999 Major-General Cedric Delves
GOC 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division
- 1999-2000 Major General Richard Dannatt
- 2000-2003 Major General John McColl
- 2003-2005 Major General Graeme Lamb
- 2005-2007 Major General Richard Shirreff
- 2007-2009 Major General Barney White-Spunner
- 2009-2011 Major General James Everard
- 2011-present Major General John Lorimer
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