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42nd Division and North West District

Dates

Name
5 May 1913 - 24 July 1915 Major General Sir William Douglas KCMG CB DSO
24 July 1915 - 8 August 1915 Major General WR Marshall (temporary command whilst Major General Douglas held temporary command of 8th Army Corps)
8 August 1915 - 29 December 1915 Major General Sir William Douglas KCMG CB DSO (invalided 29 December 1915)
29 December 1915 - 21 January 1916 Brigadier General HC Frith CB (acting command)
21 January 1916 - 2 March 1917 Major General Sir William Douglas KCMG CB DSO
2 March 1917 - 10 March 1917 Brigadier General HC Frith CB (acting command)
10 March 1917 - 1 October 1917 Major General BR Mitford CB CMG DSO
1 October 1917 - 15 October 1917 Brigadier General WW Seymour (acting)
15 October 1917 - June 1919 Major General Arthur Solly-Flood CB CMG DSO
June 1919 - June 1923 Major General Herbert Shoubridge
June 1923 - February 1926 Major General Arthur Solly-Flood CB CMG DSO
February 1926 - 1927 Major General Pratt (temporary command)
1927 - August 1928 (died) Major General Claude Moore
January 1929 - May 1933 Major General William H Beach CB CMG DSO
May - October 1933 Major General Arthur McNamara
October 1933 - March 1934 Major General Hugh Elles
March 1934 - March 1938 Major General KG Buchanan CB CMG DSO
March 1938 - May 1940 Major General William Holmes
June 1940 - November 1941 Major General Henry Wilcox
November 1941 - December 1942 Major General Miles Dempsey
December 1942 - October 1943 Major General JA Aizlewood
January 1947 - January 1948 Major General GC Evans CB CBE DSO
March 1948 - October 1950 Major General V Evelegh CB DSO OBE
October 1950 - December 1953 Major General V Blomfield CB DSO
December 1953 - December 1955 Major General WH Stratton CB CVO CBE DSO
May 1956 - May 1959 Major General TPD Scott CB CBE DSO
May 1959 - April 1962 Major General CIH Dunbar CB CBE DSO
May 1962 - October 1963 Major General GH Lea DSO MBE
December 1963 - August 1965 Major General JN Thomas DSO MC
September 1965 - February 1968 Major General HEN Bredin DSO MC
March 1968 - May 1970 Major General CW Dunbar CBE
May 1970 - May 1972 Major General AJ Wilson CBE MC
May 1972 - September 1974 Major General CWB Purdon CBE MC
September 1974 - Mar 1977 Major General KJ McQueen
March 1977 - Major General PFA Sibbald OBE
 

Still Recruiting...

42 Signal Squadron is still recruiting spare-time soldiers to train on Tuesday evenings,  weekends, plus a 2-week exercise each year, often abroad. 
Applicants should be medically and physically fit, and aged 17 - 32 (can be older with previous military experience).
For more details, ring 0161 257 3377 during office hours Monday - Friday.