an armoured car squadron and infantry battalions at Bahrain and Sharjah; disbanded and withdrawn January 1972. Commanders-in-Chief Commanders-in-Chief have included: Middle East Command General Archibald Wavell 28 July 1939 – 4 July 1941 General Claude Auchinleck 5 July 1941 – 14 August 1942 General Harold Alexander 15 August 1942 – February 1943 General Henry Wilson February 1943 – January 1944 General Sir Bernard Paget January 1944 – October 1946 Commanders-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces General Sir Miles Dempsey 1946–1947 General Sir John Crocker 1947–1950 General Sir Brian Robertson 1950–1953 General Sir Cameron Nicholson 1953 General Sir Charles Keightley 1953–1957 General Sir Geoffrey Bourne 1957–1958 Lieutenant-General Sir Roger Bower 1958–1960 General Sir Richard Anderson 1960–1963 General Officer Commanding Middle East Land Forces Major General Philip Tower (to 30 November 1967) Notes Citations References - between September 20, 1955, and December 30, 1955, almost all the Canal Zone depots and workshops were handed over to the civilian contractors (p. 33). Michael Mason (1994) Killing Time: The British Army and its Antagonists in Egypt, 1945–1954, War & Society, 12:2, 103-126, DOI: 10.1179/072924794791200214 Military units and formations of the British Army in World War II Commands of the British Army North African campaign Western Desert campaign 20th century in Egypt Libya in World War II Greece in World War II