Commanding Officers

Dates	Name	Background
1928 - 1940s	Colonel FJ West CBE JP	Industrialist & former Lord Mayor of Manchester
1947 - 1952	Colonel WS Ashley OBE TD	Former Commanding Officer
1952 - 10 Oct 1957	Colonel SA Woods TD	Former Commanding Officer
10 Oct 1957 - 1962	Colonel ARB Dobson OBE TD	Industrialist & former Squadron Commander
1962 - 1967	Colonel CHH Lingard TD	Former Commanding Officer

Dates	Name	Appointed at
1 Apr 1908 - Oct 1911	Captain EC Holden RE (T)	Old Trafford
Oct 1911 - Jul 1915	Captain AN Lawford RE (T) (promoted Major in Cairo, Oct 1914)	Old Trafford
Jul 1915 - 10 Oct 1915	2Lt A Roberts (later awarded MC and Bar in France) (temporary command)	Gallipoli
10 Oct 1915 - May 1916	Captain RW Dammers Sherwood Foresters	Gallipoli
May 1916 - Nov 1916	Captain CH Williamson MC Manchester Regiment (T)	Suez
Nov 1916 - Sep 1918	Captain S Gordon Johnson DSO MC South Staffordshire Regiment (promoted Major in France, 1917)	Sinai Desert
Sep 1918 - 7 Feb 1919	Major PA Foy MC RE	France
7 Feb 1919 - Mar 1919	Major J Parkinson RE (joined from 13 Corps Signal Company)

Dates	Name	Appointed at
1921 - 1924	Major A Roberts MC Royal Signals (TA)	Old Trafford
1924 - 1926	Major W Monks Royal Signals (TA) (promoted Lieutenant Colonel 1925)	Burlington Street
1926 - 1932	Lieutenant Colonel RS Newton MC Royal Signals (TA) (appointed Brevet Colonel 1930)	Burlington Street
1932 - 1933	Lieutenant Colonel R Lazenby	Norton Street
1933 - 1938	Lieutenant Colonel WS Ashley OBE TD (appointed Brevet Colonel circa 1937)	Norton Street
1938 - 1939	Lieutenant Colonel CB Delaney	Norton Street
1939 - 30 Oct 1939	Lieutenant Colonel ER Sutton MSM TD
30 Oct 1939 - 19 Mar 1941	Lieutenant Colonel WS Ashley OBE TD (second tour)
19 Mar 1941 - 1 Jul 1941	Brevet Colonel ME Holdsworth TD
1 Jul 1941 - 15 Oct 1941	Lieutenant Colonel CG Moore	Halstead
15 Oct 1941 - ? 1943 ?	Lieutenant Colonel RC Conway-Gordon

Dates	Name	Army Number / Remarks
1947 - 1952	Lieutenant Colonel SA Woods TD
1952 - May 1955	Lieutenant Colonel CHH Lingard
May - 5 Aug 1955	Major GS Camp	(temporary command)
5 Aug 1955 - 27 Sep 1958	Lieutenant Colonel DN Deakin
28 Sep 1958 - Sep 1963	Lieutenant Colonel IW Herbert TD
Sep 1963 - 26 Sep 1965	Lieutenant Colonel R Boyd
26 Sep 1965 - 31 Mar 1967	Lieutenant Colonel PD Weymont TD	Later Colonel, Deputy Commander 11 Signal Group