The Quartermaster-General to the Forces (QMG) is a senior general in the British Army. The post has become symbolic: the Ministry of Defence organisation charts since 2011 have not used the term "Quartermaster-General to the Forces"; they simply refer to "Chief of Materiel (Land)". History A Quartermaster-General first appears in English Army records in 1667; as a permanently established post it dates from 1686. Responsibilities To begin with the Quartermaster-General was (like the Adjutant-General) a senior staff officer of the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, responsible for the movement and quartering of troops. From the 1680s to the 1880s the QMG periodically had responsibility for military intelligence in addition. In 1888 the Quartermaster-General took over responsibility for the transport and supply of equipment, provisions and munitions, formerly overseen by the Commissariat and Transport Department and the Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. From 1904 the Quartermaster-General to the Forces was the Third Military Member of the Army Council (1904) and its successor the Army Board. The appointment of a Deputy Quartermaster-General dates from 1710 and Assistant Quartermasters-General are recorded from as early as 1692. Present day In modern use the QMG is the senior General Officer in the army holding a logistics appointment and is currently the Lieutenant General holding the post of Chief of Materiel (Land) (CoM(L)) within Defence Equipment and Support. The CoM(L) sits upon the highest committee within the army, the Army Board. Recent holders of the post Holders of the post have included: 1712–1742 Major-General John Armstrong 1742–1763 Lieutenant-General Humphrey Bland 1763–1796 Lieutenant-General George Morrison 1796–1803 Lieutenant-General Sir David Dundas 1803–1811 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Brownrigg 1811–1851 General Sir James Gordon 1851–1855 Lieutenant-General Sir James Freeth 1855–1865 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Airey 1865–1870 Lieutenant-General Sir Hope Grant 1870–1871 General Sir Frederick Haines 1871–1876 General Sir Charles Ellice 1876–1880 General Sir Daniel Lysons 1880–1882 Lieutenant-General Sir Garnet Wolseley 1882–1887 General Sir Arthur Herbert 1887–1890 Major-General Sir Redvers Buller 1890–1893 Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Baker 1893 General Sir Robert Biddulph 1893–1897 General Sir Evelyn Wood 1897–1898 General Sir Richard Harrison 1898–1899 General Sir George Stuart White 1899–1903 General Sir Charles Clarke 1903–1904 General Sir Ian Hamilton 1904–1905 General Sir Herbert Plumer 1905–1908 General Sir William Nicholson 1908–1912 Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Miles 1912–1919 General Sir John Cowans 1919–1923 Lieutenant-General Sir Travers Clarke 1923–1927 Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Campbell 1927–1930 Lieutenant-General Sir Hastings Anderson 1931–1934 General Sir Felix Ready 1935–1939 General Sir Reginald May 1939–1942 General Sir