Who was the best CIGS?

Who was the best CIGS

  • Neville Lyttelton

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • William Nicholson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • John French

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Charles W.H. Douglas

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • James Murray

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Archibald Murray

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • William Roberton

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Henry Wilson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Frederick Lambart

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • George Milne

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Cyril Deverell

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • John Vereker

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Edmund Ironside

    Votes: 1 4.2%
  • John Dill

    Votes: 3 12.5%
  • Alan Brooke

    Votes: 12 50.0%
  • Bernard Montgomery

    Votes: 2 8.3%
  • William Slim

    Votes: 6 25.0%
  • John Harding

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    24
Who was the best officer ever to be Chief of the Imperial General Staff?

Neville Lyttelton - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Lyttelton

William Nicholson - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson,_1st_Baron_Nicholson

John French - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French,_1st_Earl_of_Ypres

Charles W.H. Douglas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._H._Douglas

James Murray - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wolfe-Murray

Archibald Murray - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Murray

William Robertson - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Robertson

Henry Wilson - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hughes_Wilson

Federick Lambart - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Lambart,_10th_Earl_of_Cavan

George Milne - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Milne,_1st_Baron_Milne

Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Montgomery-Massingberd

Cyril Deverell - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Deverell

John Vereker - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vereker,_6th_Viscount_Gort

Edmund Ironside - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Ironside,_1st_Baron_Ironside

John Dill - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dill

Alan Brooke - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke

Bernard Montgomery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein

William Slim - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Slim,_1st_Viscount_Slim

John Harding - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harding,_1st_Baron_Harding_of_Petherton

Gerald Templer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Templer

Francis Festing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Festing

Richard Hull - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hull
 
Alan Brooke/Alanbrooke gets it for the same reason Churchill is greatest 20th century PM--he successfully lead at the moment of Britain's greatest test.

Though I guess Montgomery and Slim duke it out for greatest field commander to have ever held the position.
 
Slim by a country mile - the British Army in the post-war period was immeasurably better. But Brooke did focus Churchill on the realities on the ground.
 
In terms of their impact and the importance of their contribution to the British Military during their tenure as CIGS I think that Alan Brooke stands head and shoulders above any other.
 
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