The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Ronald Basil Bowen Bancroft Cooke

Cooke, Ronald Basil Bowen Bancroft

Major-General

* 1st of September 1899

† 26th of March 1971

(17th/21st Lancers)

Promotions

1940-06-14 Acting Colonel
1940-09-14 Temporary Colonel
1940-09-25 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-12-30 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-03-17 Acting Colonel
1942-03-17 Acting Brigadier
1942-09-17 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-17 Temporary Colonel
1942-09-17 Temporary Brigadier
1944-07-13 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1944-09-30 Temporary Brigadier
1945-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-05-28 Colonel
1946-12-01 Acting Major-General
1946-12-29 Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General
1948-12-20 Temporary Major-General
1949-01-13 Major-General

Service

1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer East Riding Yeomanry
1940-12-30 –1941-08-28 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Home Forces
1941-08-29 – General Staff Officer 1, 6th Armoured Division
–1942-03-16 General Staff Officer 1, 1st Armoured Group
1942-03-17 –1942-07-05 Brigadier Royal Armoured Corps, Force 110
1942-07-06 –1943-05-XX Brigadier Royal Armoured Corps, 1st Army [North Africa]
1943-XX-XX –1944-07-13 Brigadier General Staff, X Corps [Italy]
1944-09-30 –1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer 9th Independent Armoured Brigade Group [Italy]
1946-XX-XX –1947-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Allied Control Commission Austria
1947-08-XX –1948-11-XX Commanding Officer 8th Armoured Brigade
1948-12-20 –1951-12-20 General Officer Commanding 49th Armoured Division
1948-12-20 –1951-12-20 District Officer Commanding North Midland District
1952-08-14 –1955-08-15 Director of Royal Armoured Corps, War Office
1955-09-12 Retired
1956-XX-XX –1960-XX-XX Director of Civil Defence for Wales
1960-XX-XX Commandant of Civil Defence College