The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Cecil Llewellyn Firbank

Firbank, Cecil Llewellyn

Major-General

* 18th of August 1903

† 19th of August 1985

(Somerset Light Infantry)

Promotions

1942-06-28 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-28 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-04-24 Acting Colonel
1945-04-24 Acting Brigadier
1945-10-24 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-10-24 Temporary Colonel
1945-10-24 Temporary Brigadier
1946-05-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1948-02-11 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1948-02-11 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1948-04-01 Temporary Colonel
1948-09-01 Temporary Brigadier
1948-11-14 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1948-11-16 Colonel (Dated back to 1948-10-28)
1951-09-13 Temporary Major-General
1952-03-15 Brigadier
1952-05-30 Major-General

Service

1942-09-02 1942-09-14 Acting Commanding Officer 135th Infantry Brigade
1944-07-26 1944-08-07 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment [Northwestern Europe]
1945-04-24 1947-01-22 Commanding Officer 71st Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1948-04-01 1951-07-24 Commandant of School of Infantry
1951-09-13 1954-09-26 General Officer Commanding Infantry 43rd Division
1951-09-13 1954-09-26 District Officer Commanding South-West District
1955-10-01 1958-12-15 Director of Infantry, War Office
1959-01-12 Retired
1959-07-13 1964-07-13 Honorary Colonel, North Somerset Yeomanry / 44th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Army Corps, Territorial Army
1963-08-31 1968-07-10 Colonel, Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
1968-07-10 1970-07-01 Deputy Colonel, Light Infantry (Somerset & Cornwall)