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Quartermaster-General to the Forces AI simulator
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Quartermaster-General to the Forces
The Quartermaster-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the Quartermaster-General (QMG), was a senior general in the British Army. Latterly, up until 2016, the office was held by a senior General Officer in the army with responsibility for logistics. The post was superseded by that of "Chief of Materiel (Land) Defence Equipment and Support".
A Quartermaster-General first appears in English Army records in 1667; as a permanently established post it dates from 1686.
The Quartermaster-General was (like the Adjutant-General) a senior staff officer of the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, responsible for the movement and quartering of troops. From the 1680s to the 1880s, the QMG periodically had responsibility for military intelligence in addition.
In 1888, the Quartermaster-General took over responsibility for the transport and supply of equipment, provisions and munitions, formerly overseen by the Commissariat and Transport Department and the Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. From 1904 the Quartermaster-General to the Forces was the Third Military Member of the Army Council (1904) and its successor, the Army Board.
The appointment of a Deputy Quartermaster-General dates from 1710 and Assistant Quartermasters-General are recorded from as early as 1692.
In January 2007, following the formation of Defence Equipment and Support, Lieutenant General Richard Applegate assumed the appointment of 'Chief of Materiel (Land), Defence Equipment and Support Organisation'; the following month, he was appointed to the office of Quartermaster General. His two immediate successors were also gazetted as holding 'the appointment of Chief of Materiel (Land) Defence Equipment and Support and the office of Quartermaster General', but when Paul Jaques was appointed in 2016 it was simply as 'Chief of Materiel (Land) Defence Equipment and Support'. (The Ministry of Defence organisation charts have not used the term "Quartermaster-General" since 2011.)
In June 2020, the post of Chief of Materiel (Land) (CoM(L)) was renamed Director General Land (DG(L)), 'to bring DE&S in line with other Civil Service departments and better reflect our business focus'.
Holders of the post have included:
Quartermaster-General to the Forces
The Quartermaster-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the Quartermaster-General (QMG), was a senior general in the British Army. Latterly, up until 2016, the office was held by a senior General Officer in the army with responsibility for logistics. The post was superseded by that of "Chief of Materiel (Land) Defence Equipment and Support".
A Quartermaster-General first appears in English Army records in 1667; as a permanently established post it dates from 1686.
The Quartermaster-General was (like the Adjutant-General) a senior staff officer of the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, responsible for the movement and quartering of troops. From the 1680s to the 1880s, the QMG periodically had responsibility for military intelligence in addition.
In 1888, the Quartermaster-General took over responsibility for the transport and supply of equipment, provisions and munitions, formerly overseen by the Commissariat and Transport Department and the Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. From 1904 the Quartermaster-General to the Forces was the Third Military Member of the Army Council (1904) and its successor, the Army Board.
The appointment of a Deputy Quartermaster-General dates from 1710 and Assistant Quartermasters-General are recorded from as early as 1692.
In January 2007, following the formation of Defence Equipment and Support, Lieutenant General Richard Applegate assumed the appointment of 'Chief of Materiel (Land), Defence Equipment and Support Organisation'; the following month, he was appointed to the office of Quartermaster General. His two immediate successors were also gazetted as holding 'the appointment of Chief of Materiel (Land) Defence Equipment and Support and the office of Quartermaster General', but when Paul Jaques was appointed in 2016 it was simply as 'Chief of Materiel (Land) Defence Equipment and Support'. (The Ministry of Defence organisation charts have not used the term "Quartermaster-General" since 2011.)
In June 2020, the post of Chief of Materiel (Land) (CoM(L)) was renamed Director General Land (DG(L)), 'to bring DE&S in line with other Civil Service departments and better reflect our business focus'.
Holders of the post have included:
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