The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Ernest Edward Down

Down, Ernest Edward

Lieutenant-General

* 10th of February 1902

† 15th of February 1980

(King's Shropshire Light Infantry)

Nickname: Eric

Nickname: Dracula

Promotions

1941-07-11 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-10-11 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-07-17 Acting Colonel
1942-07-17 Acting Brigadier
1943-01-17 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-01-17 Temporary Colonel
1943-01-17 Temporary Brigadier
1943-09-12 Acting Major-General
1944-09-12 Temporary Major-General
1946-01-28 Colonel (Dated back to 1944-09-12)
1946-09-26 Temporary Major-General
1947-10-30 Major-General (Dated back to 1945-03-02)
1952-08-01 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1952-09-08 Lieutenant-General

Service

1941-07-11 –1941-09-XX Commanding Officer 11th Special Air Service Battalion
1941-09-XX –1942-07-29 Commanding Officer 1st Parashute Battalion
1942-07-30 –1943-09-11 Commanding Officer 2nd Parachute Brigade [North Africa]
1943-09-11 –1943-12-10 General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division [Italy]
1943-12-XX –1944-04-15 General Officer Commanding 9th Indian Airborne Division
1944-04-15 –1945-11-XX General Officer Commanding 44th Indian Airborne Division
1945-11-XX –1946-03-31 General Officer Commanding 2nd Indian Airborne Division
1946-09-XX –1947-03-XX General Officer Commanding 4th Infantry Division [Greece]
1947-05-12 –1948-04-30 General Officer Commanding British Troops in Greece
1948-04-30 –1949-12-21 Head of the British Military Mission to Greece
1950-03-23 –1952-10-XX General Officer Commanding 53rd Infantry Division
1950-03-23 –1952-10-XX District Officer Commanding Mid-West District
1952-08-01 –1955-11-01 General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Command
1955-05-05 –1957-11-05 Colonel, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1955-11-29 Retired
Picture source: From "The Sky Generals" by Major Victor Dover. 1981