The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Arthur Arnhold Bullick Dowler

Dowler, Arthur Arnhold Bullick

Lieutenant-General

* 16th of July 1895

† 14th of November 1963

(East Surrey Regiment)

Promotions

1935-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-16 Acting Colonel
1940-03-16 Acting Brigadier
1940-09-16 Temporary Colonel
1940-09-16 Temporary Brigadier
1940-10-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1938-07-01)
1941-11-15 Acting Major-General
1942-11-15 Temporary Major-General
1944-07-31 Major-General (Dated back to 1943-06-16)
1948-07-09 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1944-12-20)

Service

1935-01-01 –1936-09-16 General Staff Officer 2, ? [India]
1937-07-06 –1939-05-31 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1939-06-01 –1939-09-01 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
1939-09-02 –1940-06-18 General Staff Officer 1, 49th Infantry Division
1940-06-19 –1940-12-20 Brigadier General Staff, V Corps
1940-12-21 –1941-01-03 Commanding Officer ? Infantry Brigade
1941-01-03 –1941-11-14 Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade
1941-11-15 –1942-04-08 General Officer Commanding 38th Infantry Division
1942-04-15 –1943-10-13 Chief Administration Officer, Southern Command
1943-10-14 –1943-10-23 General Officer Commanding 2nd Base Area [Italy]
1943-10-24 –1944-01-27 District Officer Commanding District No. 2 [Italy]
1944-01-26 –1945-XX-XX Chief Administration Officer, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
1945-11-26 –1945-12-16 Chief Administration Officer, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1945-12-17 –1946-10-12 Chief of Staff, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1946-07-01 –1954-07-01 Colonel, East Surrey Regiment
1946-10-15 –1948-07-XX Director of Infantry, War Office
1948-07-09 –1951-11-16 General Officer Commanding in Chief East Africa Command
1951-12-29 Retired
Picture source: NPG x164841, National Portrait Gallery, London