Walter Venning 1942–1946 General Sir Thomas Riddell-Webster 1946–1947 General Sir Daril Watson 1947–1950 General Sir Sidney Kirkman 1950–1952 General Sir Ivor Thomas 1952–1955 General Sir Ouvry Roberts 1955–1956 Lieutenant-General Maurice Chilton 1956–1958 General Sir Nevil Brownjohn 1958–1961 General Sir Cecil Sugden 1961–1965 General Sir Gerald Lathbury 1965–1966 General Sir Charles Richardson 1966–1969 General Sir Alan Jolly 1969–1973 General Sir Anthony Read 1973–1977 General Sir William Jackson 1977–1979 General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson 1979–1982 General Sir Richard Worsley 1982–1983 Lieutenant-General Sir Paul Travers 1983–1986 General Sir Richard Trant 1986–1988 General Sir Charles Huxtable 1988–1991 General Sir Edward Jones 1991–1994 General Sir John Learmont 1994–1996 Lieutenant General Sir William Rous 1996–1998 Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Cowan 1998–2000 Lieutenant General Sir Scott Grant 2000–2002 Major-General David Judd 2002–2006 Major-General Anthony Raper 2006–2007 Major-General Timothy Tyler 2007–2009 Lieutenant General Dick Applegate 2009–2012 Lieutenant General Gary Coward 2012–2016 Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Deverell 2016–2019 Lieutenant General Paul Jaques References Senior appointments of the British Army War Office War Office in World War II