Chief of the General Staff has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964. The CGS is a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Army Board; he is also the chai
Nlyttleton
Nicholson 1898
Field Marshal Sir John French
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, later Commander-in-Chief, British Army, or just Commander-in-Chief, was the title of the professional head of the English Army from 1660 to 1707 and of the British Ar
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
…Leads the senior management team of the British Army The title was also used for five years between the demise of the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1904 and the introduction of Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1909. The post was then held by General Sir Neville Lyttelton and, briefly, by…
George cambridge 1819
Portrait of Frederick, Duke of York by David Wilkie, 1823. York held the post during the Napoleonic Wars
General Thomas Fairfax by Robert Walker and studio
Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper