The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Kenneth Godfrey Exham

Exham, Kenneth Godfrey

Major-General

* 17th of September 1903

† 28th of February 1974

(Worcestershire Regiment)

Promotions

1940-05-01 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-01-03 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-04-02 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-25 Acting Colonel
1941-12-25 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-25 Temporary Colonel
1943-06-16 Reverted to War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-03-27 Temporary Colonel
1945-03-27 Acting Brigadier
1945-03-29 Colonel (Dated back to 1944-12-25)
1945-09-27 Temporary Brigadier
1949-03-31 Brigadier
1953-01-01 Temporary Major-General
1953-11-29 Major-General

Service

1940-05-01 1941-01-02 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1941-01-03 1941-06-24 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1941-06-25 1943-06-16 Head of Army Section, British Military Mission to USSR
1943-10-XX 1944-05-XX Commanding Officer 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
1944-05-03 1944-05-22 Assistant Quartermaster-General, 21st Army Group
1944-05-23 1944-07-17 General Staff Officer 1, 21st Army Group
1944-07-XX 1945-03-14 Commanding Officer 1/6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
1945-03-27 1945-08-13 Brigadier General Staff, 21st Army Group
1945-08-14 1946-06-06 Commanding Officer 56th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1946-06-07 1947-01-23 Deputy Secretary, Allied Control Commission Germany (British Element)
1947-02-17 1948-11-30 Commanding Officer 151st Infantry Brigade
1948-12-23 1951-11-30 Deputy Director of Military Training, War Office
1952-XX-XX Attending the Imperial Defence College
1953-01-01 1956-02-24 Chief of Staff, Western Command
1956-02-24 1958-04-01 District Officer Commanding Nigeria District
1958-04-01 1959-06-13 General Officer Commanding Nigerian Military Forces
1959-10-10 Retired
Picture source: http://www.worcestershireRegiment.com/img/co_cmds/Brig_K_G_Exham.jpg