Commander-in-Chief, Land Command
- Commander-in-Chief, Land Command
Commander-in-Chief, Land Command (CINCLAND), formerly Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces, is a senior officer in the British Army. CINCLAND commands Land Command, an administrative apparatus that has responsibility for all of the army's fighting units in the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland), Germany and Brunei, together with training garrisons in Nepal, Belize, Canada and Kenya. In addition, CINCLAND is also the Standing Joint Commander (UK) (SJC(UK)), with responsibility for the provision of Military Aid to Civil Power within the United Kingdom. The position has existed since 1968, when it was known as General Officer Commanding Army Strategic Command. As from 1st April 2008, HQ Land Command was renamed HQ Land Forces. (HQLF) Therefore, General Sir David Richards is now Commander-in-Chief of HQ Land Forces.
General Officer Commanding, Army Strategic Command
*General Sir John Mogg 1968-1970
*Lt General Sir Mervyn Butler 1970-1971
*Lt General Sir Frank King 1971-1972
Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces
*General Sir Basil Eugster 1972-1974
*General Sir Roland Gibbs 1974-1976
*General Sir Edwin Bramall 1976-1978
*General Sir John Archer 1978-1980
*General Sir Timothy Creasey 1980-1981
*General Sir John Stanier 1981-1982
*General Sir Frank Kitson 1982-1985
*General Sir James Glover 1985-1987
*General Sir John Chapple 1987-1988
*General Sir Charles Huxtable 1988-1991
*General Sir John Waters 1991-1993
*General Sir John Wilsey 1993-1995
Commander-in-Chief, Land Command
*General Sir John Wilsey 1995-1996
*General Sir Roger Wheeler 1996-1997
*General Lord Michael Walker 1997-2000
*General Sir Michael Jackson 2000-2003
*General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman 2003-2005
*General Sir Richard Dannatt 2005-2006
*General Sir Redmond Watt 2006-2008
Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces
*General Sir David Richards 2008-
References
* [http://www.regiments.org/formations/uk-cmdarmy/uk-land.htm Regiments website]
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