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Colonel James E. Fleming
Founder of the Essex Troop
3 June 1890 – 24 March 1895
Captain Frederick Frelinghuysen
Captain of the Essex Troop – 1895-1899
Charter Member of the Essex Troop – First Lieutenant
First Lieutenant R. Wayne Parker
Captain of the Essex Troop 1899 – 1902
Charter Member – Second Lieutenant
Major William A. Bryant
Captain of the Essex Troop 1902-1913
Squadron Commander, First Squadron 1913 – 1916
Colonel Hobart Brown, DSM
Squadron Commander First Squadron 1917 – 1918
Brigadier General Lewis A. Ballantyne
Captain of the Essex Troop 1919-1938
First Commander of the 102nd Cavalry Regiment 1921-1938
Major General Henry L. Moeller
Regimental Commander of the 102nd Cavalry Regiment 1938 – 1941
First Executive Officer for the 102nd Cavalry Regiment in 1925
Major General Donald W. McGowan
Regimental Commander 102nd Cavalry Regiment 1940 – 1944
Major General Cyrus A. Dolph Ill
Group Commander 102nd Cavalry Group July 1944 – May 1945
West Point Graduate – 1933
Awarded: Silver Star; 2 Legions of Merit
Brigadier General Charles J. Hodge
102nd Cavalry Group Commander 1946 – 1949
Captain of the Essex Troop Polo Team in 1939
Colonel Robert J. McGarry
Group Commander 102nd Cavalry Group 1948 – 1951
President of the Essex Troop Association 1948 – 1955
Colonel Francis J. Skidmore
Regimental Commander 102nd Armored Cavalry Regiment 1951 – 1960
Colonel James G. Depew
Regimental Commander 102nd Armored Cavalry Regiment 1960 – 1961
Lieutenant Colonel Edward F. Lilley
Regimental Commander 102nd Armored Cavalry Regiment 1961 – 1965
Colonel William J. Marshall Jr., DSC
Regimental Commander 102nd Armored Cavalry Regiment 1965 – 1968
Awarded: Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
