General officer commanding ( GOC ) is the usual title given in the armies of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (and some other nations, such as Ireland ) to a general officer who holds a command appointment.
9-464: Cator is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albemarle Cator (1877–1932), British Army officer Geoffrey Edmund Cator (1884–1973), British civil servant Joe Cator (born 1998), English rugby league footballer John Cator (1728–1806), British timber merchant and landowner John Cator (Huntingdon MP) (1862–1944), English politician Harry Cator (1894–1966), English recipient of
18-630: A general officer commanding-in-chief ( GOC-in-C ). The governor of the Imperial Fortress colony of Bermuda was also appointed commander-in-chief of the disproportionately-large Bermuda Garrison . From 1912, when Lieutenant-General Sir George Mackworth Bullock replaced the late Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener , through the Second World War , the military office was titled General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bermuda . GOC-in-Cs are usually one rank higher than
27-852: A GOC with GOCs of corps -level formations reporting to them. The army commanders who head the training and operational commands of the Indian Army hold the title of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, abbreviated as GOC-in-C. There are seven appointments currently: Higher military commanders of the Indian Army who are in command of operational formations, such as a division or corps, or of static formations, such as subarea or Area, are also freferred to as General Officers Commanding or GOC; examples being GOC 12 Corps, GOC 3 Infantry Division, GOC Dakshin Maharashtra and Goa Subarea, GOC Uttar Bharat Area, etc. The equivalent term for naval officers
36-804: The Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. He became Commander of Lucknow District in India in 1927 before becoming General Officer Commanding London District and Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards in April 1932. Cator lived at Trewsbury near Cirencester and died in a hunting accident in November 1932. Cator's grandfather, John Barwell Cator, inherited the estates of his uncle John Cator , an MP, landowner and property developer. In 1903 Cator married Violet Eveleen Sutton; they had one son. Following
45-562: The Victoria Cross Rhonda Cator (born 1966), retired female badminton player from Australia Silvio Cator (1900–1952), Haitian athlete Thomas Vincent Cator (1888–1931), American composer William Cator (1839–1902), Irish cricketer and clergyman [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Cator . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
54-724: The battles of Belmont , Modder River , and Magersfontein in 1899. The following year, he took part in the march to Bloemfontein and Pretoria , the battles of Diamond Hill and Belfast , and advance to Komatipoort . Following the end of the war in late May 1902, Cator returned home with his regiment in the SS Tagus , which arrived in Southampton in July. Cator later served in the First World War , as General Officer Commanding 58th (2/1st London) Division , taking part in
63-619: The dissolution of his first marriage, he married Eleanor Gertrude Atherley (née Lumsden) in 1920. General Officer Commanding Thus, a general might be the GOC British II Corps (a three-star appointment) or GOC British 7th Armoured Division (a two-star appointment). A general officer heading a particularly large or important command, such as Middle East Command or the Allied Armies in Italy , may be called
72-446: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cator&oldid=1216968718 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Albemarle Cator Major General Albemarle Bertie Edward Cator , CB , DSO (12 April 1877 – 18 November 1932)
81-586: Was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding London District and Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards . Cator was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards on 9 June 1897, and was promoted to lieutenant on 17 May 1899. He served with the 1st battalion of his regiment in South Africa during the Second Boer War , and was present at
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