The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Neil Cantlie

Cantlie, Neil

Lieutenant-General

* 11th of December 1892

† 16th of May 1975

(Royal Army Medical Corps)

Promotions

1935-10-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-01-17 Acting Colonel
1940-07-17 Temporary Colonel
1941-09-20 Colonel (Dated back to 1938-10-06)
1942-08-19 Acting Brigadier
1943-02-19 Temporary Brigadier
1944-01-18 Acting Major-General
1944-11-27 Major-General
1948-04-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1939-XX-XX Officer in Charge Surgical Division, Cambridge Hospital Aldershot
1939-11-XX 1940-01-XX Commanding Officer 12th Casualty Clearing Station
1940-01-XX 1940-10-XX Commanding Officer 28th General Hospital
1940-10-18 1942-08-11 Assistant Director of Medical Services, 46th Infantry Division
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Deputy Director of Medical Services, V Corps [North Africa - Italy]
1944-01-18 1946-XX-XX Deputy Director of Medical Services, Eastern Command [India]
1944-12-05 1950-01-13 Honorary Physician to the King
1946-XX-XX 1948-XX-XX Deputy Director of Medical Services Southern Command
1948-XX-XX 1952-XX-XX Director-General of Army Medical Services, War Office
1950-01-13 1951-02-05 Honorary Surgeon to the King
1951-02-06 1952-04-29 Honorary Surgeon to the Queen
1952-04-29 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley