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==External links== *[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_T01.html#Templer_GWR British Army Officers 1939β1945] *[https://www.generals.dk/general/Templer/Gerald_Walter_Robert/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II] {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{S-bef|before=[[John Utterson-Kelso]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[47th (London) Infantry Division|GOC 47th (London) Infantry Division]]|years=AprilβSeptember 1942}} {{S-aft|after=[[Alfred Robinson (British Army officer)|Alfred Robinson]]}} |- {{S-bef|before=[[James Steele (British Army officer)|James Steele]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[II Corps (United Kingdom)|GOC II Corps]]|years=1942β1943}} {{S-aft|after=[[Herbert Lumsden]]}} |- {{S-bef|before=[[Gerard Bucknall]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[XI Corps (United Kingdom)|GOC XI Corps]]|years=April β July 1943}} {{S-non|reason=Post disbanded}} |- {{S-bef|before=[[Walter Clutterbuck]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[1st (United Kingdom) Division|GOC 1st Infantry Division]]|years=July β October 1943}} {{S-aft|after=[[Ronald Penney]]}} |- {{S-bef|before=[[Douglas Graham (British Army officer)|Douglas Graham]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[56th (London) Infantry Division|GOC 56th (London) Infantry Division]]|years=1943β1944}} {{S-aft|after=[[John Yeldham Whitfield|John Whitfield]]}} |- {{S-bef|before=[[Vyvyan Evelegh]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|GOC 6th Armoured Division]]|years=July β August 1944}} {{S-aft|after=[[Horatius Murray]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Freddie de Guingand]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom)|Director of Military Intelligence]]|years=1946β1948}} {{s-aft|after=[[Douglas Packard]]}} |- {{succession box | title = [[Vice Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff]] | before =[[Frank Simpson (British Army officer)|Sir Frank Simpson]] | after =[[Nevil Brownjohn|Sir Nevil Brownjohn]] | years = 1948β1950}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Evelyn Barker|Sir Evelyn Barker]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|GOC-in-C Eastern Command]]|years=1950β1952}} {{s-aft|after=[[George Erskine|Sir George Erskine]]}} |- {{succession box | title=[[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Imperial General Staff]] | before=[[John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton|Sir John Harding]] | after=[[Francis Festing|Sir Francis Festing]] | years=1955β1958}} |- {{s-hon}} {{s-bef | before=[[Richard Howard-Vyse|Sir Richard Howard-Vyse]]}} {{s-ttl | title=[[Royal Horse Guards|Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards]] | years=1951β1962}} {{s-non | reason=Consolidated to form [[Blues and Royals]]}} |- {{s-gov}} {{succession box | title=[[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaya|British High Commissioner in Malaya]] | before=[[Henry Gurney|Sir Henry Gurney]] | after=[[Donald MacGillivray|Sir Donald MacGillivray]] | years=1952β1954}} {{s-hon}} {{s-bef|before=[[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|The Earl Alexander of Tunis]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Constable of the Tower|Constable of the Tower of London]]|years=1965β1970}} {{s-aft|after=[[Richard Hull|Sir Richard Hull]]}} {{succession box | title=[[Lord Lieutenant of Greater London]] | before=The Earl Alexander of Tunis | after=[[Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy|The Lord Elworthy]] | years=1966β1973}} {{s-end}} {{Chief of the General Staff}} {{Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Templer, Gerald}} [[Category:1898 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] [[Category:British anti-communists]] [[Category:British field marshals]] [[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]] [[Category:British Army personnel of the Russian Civil War]] [[Category:British Army generals of World War II]] [[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] [[Category:Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley]] [[Category:Knights of the Garter]] [[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] [[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]] [[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]] [[Category:Knights of the Order of St John]] [[Category:Lord-lieutenants of Greater London]] [[Category:People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire]] [[Category:Royal Horse Guards officers]] [[Category:Royal Irish Fusiliers officers]] [[Category:Loyal Regiment officers]] [[Category:Burials in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Scouting and Guiding in Malaysia]] [[Category:British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency]] [[Category:British Special Operations Executive personnel]] [[Category:Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff]] [[Category:Commanders of the Legion of Merit]] [[Category:British military personnel of the 1936β1939 Arab revolt in Palestine]] [[Category:Constables of the Tower of London]] [[Category:British military personnel of the Suez Crisis]] [[Category:Military personnel from Colchester]]
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