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In modern use, the QMG is the senior
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A Quartermaster-General first appears in
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311:Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
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729:2016–2019 Lieutenant General
723:2012–2016 Lieutenant General
717:2009–2012 Lieutenant General
711:2007–2009 Lieutenant General
687:1998–2000 Lieutenant General
681:1996–1998 Lieutenant General
675:1994–1996 Lieutenant General
645:1982–1983 Lieutenant-General
585:1955–1956 Lieutenant-General
531:1927–1930 Lieutenant-General
525:1923–1927 Lieutenant-General
519:1919–1923 Lieutenant-General
507:1908–1912 Lieutenant-General
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399:1851–1855 Lieutenant-General
387:1803–1811 Lieutenant-General
381:1796–1803 Lieutenant-General
375:1763–1796 Lieutenant-General
369:1742–1763 Lieutenant-General
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705:2006–2007 Major-General
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693:2000–2002 Major-General
447:1887–1890 Major-General
363:1712–1742 Major-General
279:Chief of Materiel (Land)
127:British Forces Gibraltar
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332:and its successor, the
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533:Sir Hastings Anderson
503:Sir William Nicholson
315:military intelligence
229:United Kingdom portal
132:British Forces Brunei
117:British Forces Cyprus
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419:Sir Frederick Haines
389:Sir Robert Brownrigg
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41:British Armed Forces
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437:Sir Garnet Wolseley
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