Alam Halfa and Alamein
Appendix I — COMMANDERS AT 23 OCTOBER 1942
Appendix I
COMMANDERS AT 23 OCTOBER 1942
Commander-in-Chief, Middle East: General the Hon. Sir Harold Alexander
Commander, Eighth Army: Lieutenant-General B. L. Montgomery
Air Commander, Middle East: Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder
Air Commander, Western Desert Air Headquarters: Air Vice-Marshal A. Coningham
Commander, 10 Corps: Lieutenant-General H. Lumsden
Commander, 13 Corps: Lieutenant-General B. G. Horrocks
Commander, 30 Corps: Lieutenant-General O. Leese
Divisional Commanders
1 Armoured Division: Major-General R. Briggs
7 Armoured Division: Major-General A. F. Harding
8 Armoured Division: Major-General C. H. Gairdner
10 Armoured Division: Major-General A. H. Gatehouse
44 (Home Counties) Infantry Division: Major-General I. Hughes
50 (Northumberland) Infantry Division: Major-General J. S. Nichols
51 Highland Infantry Division: Major-General D. M. Wimberley
9 Australian Infantry Division: Major-General L. J. Morshead
1 South African Infantry Division: Major-General D. H. Pienaar
2 New Zealand Infantry Division: Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg
4 Indian Infantry Division: Major-General F. Tuker