Colonels of the Regiment and Commanding Officers 6GR

Colonels of the Regiment

  • 1904-1911 Lieutenant General J P Sherriff CB
  • 1911-1925 Major General H O’Donnell CB DSO
  • 1926-1951 Field Marshal The Lord Birdwood of Anzac GCB GCSI GCMG GCVO CIE DSO LLD
  • 1951-1961 Field Marshal The Lord Harding of Petherton GCB CBE DSO MC
  • 1961-1969 Major General J A R Robertson CB CBE DSO*
  • 1969-1974 Major General A G Patterson CB DSO OBE MC
  • 1974-1978 Brigadier D L Powell-Jones DSO OBE
  • 1978-1983 Brigadier Sir Noel Short Kt MBE MC
  • 1983-1988 Lieutenant General Sir Derek Boorman KCB
  • 1988-1994 Major General R A Pett MBE

1st Battalion

  • 1817-1823 Captain S Fraser
  • 1823-1827 Captain A McLeod
  • 1828-1830 Captain J B Neufville
  • 1830-1831 Lieutenant A Charlton
  • 1831-1839 Lieutenant Colonel A White
  • 1839-1861 Lieutenant Colonel J F Hannay
  • 1861-1867 Major H M Garstin
  • 1867-1873 Colonel T Rattray CB CSI
  • 1873-1884 Lieutenant Colonel J P Sherriff CB
  • 1884-1886 Lieutenant Colonel A D Butter
  • 1886-1888 Lieutenant Colonel A T Davis
  • 1888-1891 Lieutenant Colonel C McD Skene DSO
  • 1891-1891 Lieutenant Colonel E C Elliston
  • 1891-1893 Bt Colonel A G B Ternan DSO
  • 1893-1899 Bt Lieutenant Colonel C R MacGregor DSO
  • 1899-1904 Lieutenant Colonel H O’Donnell DSO

2nd Battalion

  • 1904-1908 Lieutenant Colonel F C Colomb
  • 1908-1912 Lieutenant Colonel C M Crawford
  • 1912-1918 Lieutenant Colonel F F Badcock DSO
  • 1918-1919 Lieutenant Colonel G A Preston
  • 1919-1921 Lieutenant Colonel B A McH Rice DSO
  • 1921-1922 Colonel C J L Allanson CMG CIE DSO
  • 1922-1927 Lieutenant Colonel G P Sanders DSO OBE
  • 1927-1931 Lieutenant Colonel A W D Cornish DSO MC
  • 1931-1934 Lieutenant Colonel E C Brown
  • 1934-1936 Lieutenant Colonel T C E Barstow OBE
  • 1936-1939 Lieutenant Colonel J G Bruce DSO MC
  • 1939-1942 Lieutenant Colonel G H Pulling
  • 1942-1944 Lieutenant Colonel G F X Bulfield DSO
  • 1944-1946 Lieutenant Colonel W M Amoore DSO
  • 1946-1947 Lieutenant Colonel R R Proud
  • 1947-1950 Lieutenant Colonel N F B Shaw DSO OBE
  • 1950-1953 Lieutenant Colonel R R Griffith OBE
  • 1953-1956 Lieutenant Colonel D L Powell-Jones DSO OBE
  • 1956-1959 Lieutenant Colonel P B Winstanley MC
  • 1959-1961 Lieutenant Colonel A G Patterson OBE MC
  • 1961-1963 Lieutenant Colonel E T Horsford OBE MC
  • 1963-1966 Lieutenant Colonel A S Harvey OBE MC
  • 1966-1968 Lieutenant Colonel R C Neath
  • 1968-1969 Lieutenant Colonel R N P Reynolds MBE

3rd Battalion

  • 1917-1917 Major F S Massy
  • 1917-1918 Lieutenant Colonel E B C Boddam
  • 1918-1920 Lieutenant Colonel A E Jewett
  • 1940-1941 Lieutenant Colonel N Hurst MC
  • 1941-1944 Lieutenant Colonel H Skone DSO
  • 1944-1947 Lieutenant Colonel N F B Shaw DSO

4th Battalion

  • 1941-1944 Lieutenant Colonel T R Harrison
  • 1944-1946 Lieutenant Colonel K W Ross-Hurst

56th Battalion

  • Lieutenant Colonel R R Proud 6GR
  • Lieutenant Colonel H Skone DSO 6GR
  • Lieutenant Colonel T R Harrison DSO 5RGR
  • Lieutenant Colonel G E I Stone 5RGR (later 6GR)

The Regimental Centre

  • 1941-1945 Colonel H Walsh OBE
  • 1945-1948 Colonel N Eustace DSO

The Regiment after amalgamation of 1st and 2nd Battalion

  • 1969-1970 Lieutenant Colonel R N P Reynolds MBE
  • 1970-1973 Lieutenant Colonel J N Kelly MC
  • 1973-1975 Lieutenant Colonel C J Scott
  • 1975-1978 Lieutenant Colonel M J F Wardroper
  • 1978-1981 Lieutenant Colonel C J D Bullock OBE MC
  • 1981-1983 Lieutenant Colonel P D Pettigrew
  • 1983-1985 Lieutenant Colonel R F Richardson-Aitken
  • 1985-1988 Lieutenant Colonel J A Anderson
  • 1988-1991 Lieutenant Colonel D H McK Briggs
  • 1991-1993 Lieutenant Colonel N A Collett
  • 1993-1994 Lieutenant Colonel N J H Hinton MBE

Notes:
1. Officers officiating during the temporary absence of a permanent commanding officer have not been included.
2. Decorations shown are those held whilst in command or earned as a direct result of command. Decorations earned elsewhere after relinquishing command have not been included.