ARMY COMMANDS
(British Official Wireless.)
(Roc. 1.20 p.m.) RUGBY, May 16. The King has approved the following Army appointments: General Sir Robert Ilaining, Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff, selected for a special appointment. Lieut.-General Sir Henry G.O.C. in Northern Ireland, to be Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Lieut.-General H. E.
F’ranklyn to be G.O.C. Northern Ireland:. Lieut.-General Wemyss, AdjutantGeneral to tlie Forces, selected for a special appointment. Lieut.-General Sir Ronald Adam, lo be G.0.C.-in-C'liief Northern Command. Brigadier Viscount Bridgeman, Deputy-Director of the Home Guard, to be DirectorGeneral of the Home Guard and MajorGeneral.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 142, 17 May 1941, Page 8
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