The Quartermaster-General to the Forces (QMG) is a senior general in the British Army.
The post has become symbolic: the Ministry of Defence organisation charts since 2011 have not used the term "Quartermaster-General to the Forces"; they simply refer to "Chief of Materiel (Land)".
[1][2][3] A Quartermaster-General first appears in English Army records in 1667; as a permanently established post it dates from 1686.
[4] 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.
[6][7] The appointment of a Deputy Quartermaster-General dates from 1710 and Assistant Quartermasters-General are recorded from as early as 1692.