Inspector-General of the Forces

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Inspector-General of the Forces was a British Army appointment. There were also Inspectors-General for the different arms.

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Inspector-General of the Forces

The post was created to review and report on the training and efficiency of units of the British Army under the control of the Home Government (i.e. excluding the Army of India). [1] In 1910 the scope of the Inspector-General was limited to the troops in the United Kingdom, and the General Officer Commanding in the Mediterranean was appointed Inspector-General of forces overseas. [2]

On the outbreak of the First World War the post was redesignated Commander-in-Chief, Home Army.

Inspector-General of Oversea Forces

Inspector-General of Home Defences

On the outbreak of the Second World War Kirke was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces. [11]

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  2. "No. 28404". The London Gazette. 5 August 1910. pp. 5658–5659.
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  4. "No. 28092". The London Gazette. 24 December 1907. p. 8982.
  5. "No. 28587". The London Gazette. 5 March 1912. p. 1663.
  6. "No. 28860". The London Gazette. 4 August 1914. p. 6072.
  7. "No. 28403". The London Gazette. 2 August 1910. p. 5583.
  8. "Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith (1853–1947)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33668.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. 1 2 "No. 34642". The London Gazette. 4 July 1939. p. 4564.
  10. "Ironside, (William) Edmund, first Baron Ironside (1880–1959)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34113.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. "No. 34675". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 September 1939. p. 6174.