The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Donald Thomas MacDonald Banks

Banks, Donald Thomas MacDonald

Major-General

* 31st of March 1891

† 11th of July 1975

(Territorial Army)

Promotions

1918-04-28 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-10-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel (Dated back to 1918-04-28)
1931-01-29 Brevet Colonel
1931-01-29 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-11-06 Temporary Brigadier
1943-12-15 Local Major-General
1946-03-07 Relinquish the Local rank of Major-General
1951-04-25 Granted the honorary rank of Brigadier

Service

1918-04-28 1919-07-10 Commanding Officer 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment [France]
1919-07-10 Relinquish his Commission
Commanding Officer 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
1927-01-29 1931-01-29 Commanding Officer 13th Battalion, London Regiment (Kensingtons)
1939-XX-XX Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 50th Infantry Division
1940-XX-XX Deputy Adjutant-General, British Expeditionary Force [France]
1940-07-08 1945-XX-XX Director-General of Petroleum Warfare Department, Ministry of Mines
1946-03-07 Released from Active Service
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