Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 99/397

THE SOCIETY FOR ARMY HISTORICAL RESEARCH (Founded 1921) Patron Field Marshal HRH The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC(P) President Lieutenant General Sir Barney White-Spunner, KCB, CBE Past Presidents

1921–1932 1933–1947 1947–1950 1950–1961 1961–1965 1965–1979 1980–1993 1993–2012

The Right Hon. The Viscount Dillon, CH, MA, DCL Colonel The Right Hon. Lord Cottesloe, CB, MA, DL, JP

Field Marshal The Right Hon. Earl Wavell, PC, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, DCL, LLD

The Most Hon. The Marquess of Cambridge, GCVO

Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE, Hon. LLD Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, KG, GCB, GCMG, KBE, DSO, DCL, LLD

General Sir David Fraser, GCB, OBE, DL

Field Marshal Sir John Chapple, GCB, CBE, DL, MA, FZS, FLS, FRGS, FSA, FRSA Vice Presidents

Professor B. T. Holden Reid, MA, PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, FRUSI, FKC, FRSA Lt-Col. David Saunders Major General Ashley Truluck, CB, CBE Elected Members of Council Andrew Bamford, MA, PhD Major General Ewan B. Carmichael, CBE, BDS, MA, FIHM, FDS, RCPS(Glasg) (Chairman) Andrew Cormack, BA, PhD, FSA, FRHistS (Hon. Editor) Carole Divall, MA, FINS Carol Dixon-Smith, Cert. Ed. (Events Co-ordinator) The Rev. Peter Howson, BSc, MA, MBA, PhD, FCMI, FRHistS (Secretary) Phil McCarty, MA Eamonn O’Keeffe, MPhil (Student Member) John Peaty, MA, PhD, FRGS, FRHistS Christopher Phillips, PhD, FHEA (Reviews Editor) Officers

Christopher Palmer (Hon. Membership Secretary) Charles R.F.E. Street, FCCA (Hon. Treasurer) Templer Medal Sub-Committee Professor Jeremy Black, MBE, MA, PhD Professor Matthew Hughes, BA, MSc, PhD, FRHistS, JP Alan Jeffreys, BA, MPhil, PhD John Peaty, MA, PhD, FRGS, FRHistS (Chairman) Peter Robinson, BScEcon, MA, MPhil