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| 1707 | George I |  |
| River Rhine Appointed Commander of the Imperial Army on the Upper Rhine, 1707-1709 |
| 1707 | Wager, Charles | |
| Appointed Commander of the West Indies Fleet |
| 1714 | Forster, Thomas | |
| Appointed Commander of the Jacobite forces in England |
| 1722 | Anson, George | |
| Appointed Commander |
| 1744 | Charles Edward | |
| Appointed head of the Jacobite faction in France |
| 1745 | Drummond, William | |
| Appointed Commander of the Jacobite Army. shares joint command |
| 1745 | Murray | |
| Appointed joint Commander of the Jacobite Army |
| 1761 | Coote, Eyre | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1763 | Gage, Thomas | |
| London Appointed Commander of the British forces in America |
| 1763 | Jervis, John | |
| Appointed Commander of the Alarm after the Treaty of Paris |
| 1765 | Gage, Thomas | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1777 | Coote, Eyre | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1779 | Acton, John Francis Edward | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Neopolitan Navy |
| 1780 | Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Appointed Commander of the South |
| 1786 | Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, India |
| 1792 | Howe | |
| Channel Appointed Commander of the Channel Fleet |
| 1795 | Duncan | |
| London Appointed Commander of the North Sea Fleet |
| 1795 | Jervis, John | |
| Paris Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet |
| 1796 | Cornwallis, William | |
| Appointed Commander of the West Indies |
| 1796 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| June Appointed Commander of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, India |
| 1797 | Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Appointed Commander of the forces in Ireland |
| 1798 | Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Appointed Commander of the forces in Scotland |
| 1799 | Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Appointed Commander of the forces in the Netherlands |
| 1800 | Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Appointed Commander of the British troops in the Mediterranean |
| 1800 | Jervis, John | |
| Appointed Commander of the Channel Fleet |
| 1801 | Cornwallis, William | |
| Appointed Commander of the English Channel |
| 1803 | Nelson, Horatio | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranaen |
| 1807 | Dalrymple, Hew | |
| Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France |
| 1807 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 14th June Appointed Commander of the expedition to Portugal |
| 1808 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| London Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal |
| 12th July London Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal |
| 1810 | Brock, Isaac | |
| Ontario Appointed Commander of British forces in Upper Canada |
| 1815 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 22nd Oct Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied army |
| 1827 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 16th Jan London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, British Army |
| 1836 | Brudenell, James Thomas | |
| Appointed Commander of the 11th Hussars |
| 1842 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1854 | Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 26th May Piraeus Promoted to full General and appointed to the command of the British troops sent to the Crimea in co-operation with a strong French army under Marshal St Arnaud and afterwards, up to May 1855, under Marshal Canrobert |
| 1855 | Dundas, Richard | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1855 | Simpson | |
| 28th June Appointed Commander of the British Field Force |
| 1862 | Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Tientsin Appointed Commander of the Royal Engineers |
| 1865 | Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Gravesend Appointed Commander of the Royal Engineers at Graves end |
| 1877 | Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps | |
| London Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean |
| 1883 | Hicks, William | |
| Appointed Commander of the Egyptian Army in Sudan |
| 1897 | Baden-Powell, Robert | |
| 25th Mar Appointed Commander of the 5th Dragoon Guards |
| 1899 | Buller, Redvers | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief in SouthAfrica |
| 14th Oct Sets sail in the Dunnotar Castle for Sth Africa |
| 1902 | French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| Aldershot Appointed Commander of Aldershot |
| 1914 | Allenby, Henry Hynman | |
| Appointed Commander of the Cavalry Division of the BEF |
| 1914 | Birdwood, William | |
| Courtai Appointed Commander of the 5th Army |
| Gallipoli Appointed Commander of the ANZAC forces |
| 1914 | Dowding, Hugh | |
| Appointed Commander of the Royal Flying Corps |
| 1914 | French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| Aug Appointed Commander of the British Expeditionary Force |
| 1914 | Haig, Douglas | |
| London Appointed Commander of the First Army as part of the BEF sent to France |
| 1914 | Hamilton, Ian Standish Monteith | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Home Defense Army in Britain |
| 1914 | Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Appointed Platoon Commander |
| 1914 | Pakenham, Willim Christopher | |
| Appointed Commander of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron |
| 1914 | Rushworth, John Rushworth | |
| London Appointed Commander of the Grand Fleet |
| 1915 | Allenby, Henry Hynman | |
| Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army |
| Appointed Commander of the Third Army |
| Appointed Commander of V Corps |
| 1915 | French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| Appointed Commander of the Home Forces |
| 1915 | Haig, Douglas | |
| 18th Dec London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1915 | Hamilton, Ian Standish Monteith | |
| Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force |
| 1915 | Horne | |
| London Appointed Commander of the 1st Corps in France |
| 1915 | Marshall, William Raine | |
| Gallipoli Appointed Commander of the 87th Brigade at Gallipoli |
| 1915 | Maude, Frederick Stanley | |
| Gallipoli Appointed Commander of the 13th Division at Gallipoli |
| 1916 | Beatty, David | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet |
| 1916 | Chetwode, Philip Walhouse | |
| Appointed Commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force |
| 1916 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 1st Jan London Appointed Commander of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, battalion of the 9th Division |
| 4th Jan Appointed Commander of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| 4th Jan London Appointed Commander with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1916 | Horne | |
| London Appointed Commander of the 15th Corps in France |
| London Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| 1916 | Marshall, William Raine | |
| Sep Mesopotamia Appointed Commander in Mesopotamia |
| 1916 | Maude, Frederick Stanley | |
| Appointed Commander of the Tigris Corps |
| 1916 | Pakenham, William Christopher | |
| Appointed Commander of the Battle Cruisr Force |
| 1917 | Allenby, Henry Hynman | |
| 9th June Appointed Commander of the BEF 3rd Army |
| 17th June London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, EEF |
| 1917 | Lambart | |
| Appointed Commander of the 14th Corps in the Guards Division in Italy |
| 1917 | Marshall, William Raine | |
| Nov Appointed Commander of the Tigris Corps |
| 1917 | Wilson | |
| Appointed Commander of the Eastern Command |
| 1918 | Haig, Douglas | |
| 28th July London Appointed Commander of the French 1st Army by Foch for the Amiens Offensive |
| 1918 | Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| Appointed Commander of 44 Squadron in France |
| 1918 | Ironside | |
| Appointed to command the British forces at Archangel |
| 1918 | Lambart | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British troops in Italy |
| 1919 | Horne | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief in the East |
| 1920 | Ironside | |
| London Appointed Commander of the Allied forces in North Persia |
| 1920 | Marshall, William Raine | |
| Appointed Commander of the Northern Army in India |
| 1921 | Brooke-Popham, Robert | |
| London Appointed Commander of the RAF Staff College |
| 1928 | Ironside | |
| London Appointed Commander of the British forces in the Meerut District, India |
| 1936 | Dowding, Hugh | |
| London Appointed Head of RAF Fighter Command |
| 1936 | Pound, Dudley | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean |
| 1937 | Brooke, Alan Francis | |
| London Appointed Commander of the Mobile Division |
| 1937 | Horton, Max Kennedy | |
| London Appointed Commander of the Reserve Fleet |
| 1937 | Wavell | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief in Palestine |
| 1938 | Alexander, Harold | |
| Appointed Commander 1st Division |
| 1938 | Brooke, Alan Francis | |
| Appointed Commander of the Anti-Aircraft Corps |
| 1938 | Ironside | |
| London Appointed Commander of the Middle East Forces |
| 1939 | Brooke, Alan Francis | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Corps of the British Expeditionary Force in France |
| 1939 | Cunningham, Andrew | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1939 | Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| Appointed Commander Bomber Group 5 |
| 1939 | Horton, Max Kennedy | |
| Appointed Commander of the Northern Patrol |
| 1939 | Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 28th Aug Appointed Commander of the 3rd Division |
| 1939 | Vereker | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1939 | Wavell | |
| Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East |
| Aug Cairo Establishes his HQ in Cairo |
| 1940 | Alexander, Harold | |
| May Dunkirk Appointed Commander of the British Exteditionary Force |
| 1940 | Brooke, Alan Francis | |
| 19th July Appointed Commander of the Home Forces |
| 19th July Appointed Commander of the Home Forces after the evacuation at Dunkirk |
| 1940 | Brooke-Popham, Robert | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, British forces remaining in France after Dunkirk |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, British in France after Dunkirk |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Far East |
| 1940 | Edward VIII | |
