Image Name Term start Term end Sir Herbert Louis Samuel 1 July 1920 30 June 1925 Sir George Stewart Symes (acting) 2 July 1925 25 August 1925 Field Marshal Lord Plumer 25 August 1925 31 July 1928 Sir Harry Charles Luke (acting) 31 July 1928 6 December 1928 Sir John Chancellor 6 December 1928 2 September 1931[3] Sir Mark Aitchison Young (acting) 3 September 1931[3] 20 November 1931 Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope 20 November 1931 1 March 1938 William Denis Battershill [de] (acting for multiple periods) 21 June 1937 3 March 1938 Sir Harold MacMichael 3 March 1938 30 August 1944 John Valentine Wistar Shaw (acting) 30 August 1944 31 October 1944 Field Marshal The Viscount Gort 31 October 1944 5 November 1945 John Valentine Wistar Shaw (acting) 5 November 1945 21 November 1945 Sir Alan Cunningham 21 November 1945 14 May 1948