The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Henry Nedham Foster

Foster, Henry Nedham

Major-General

* 19th of September 1878

† 1st of October 1951

(Royal Army Service Corps)

Promotions

1915-03-03 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1916-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-12-12 Temporary Colonel
1919-06-17 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1922-11-21 Lieutenant-Colonel
1926-12-05 Colonel (Dated back to 1920-06-03)
1931-06-30 Major-General

Service

1915-03-03 1917-12-11 Assistant Director of Transport, War Office
1917-12-12 1919-01-19 Deputy Director of Transport, War Office
1919-01-20 1919-03-12 Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office
1919-03-13 1919-06-17 Deputy Director of Transport, War Office
1919-12-01 1922-11-21 Chief Instructor at Royal Army Service Corps Training College
1924-03-05 1926-XX-XX Chief Inspector of Motor Transport
1926-11-21 Half-pay
1927-10-25 1931-07-01 Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, Southern Command
1931-07-01 1933-08-23 Half-pay
1933-08-23 Retired
1939-09-05 Recalled
1939-09-05 1940-XX-XX Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, Eastern Command
1941-05-08 Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, South Eastern Command
1941-06-05 Retired
Picture source: NPG x167625, National Portrait Gallery, London