The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Humfrey Myddelton Gale

Gale, Humfrey Myddelton

Lieutenant-General

* 4th of October 1890

† 8th of April 1971

(Royal Army Service Corps)

Promotions

1932-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-07-12 Colenel (Dated back to 1935-01-01)
1939-09-02 Acting Brigadier
1940-03-02 Temporary Brigadier
1940-10-23 Acting Major-General
1941-06-05 Major-General
1943-08-09 Acting Lieutenant-General
1944-08-09 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1947-10-14 Granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1930-02-03 1932-08-27 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, War Office
1935-01-21 1937-07-05 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1937-07-12 1939-09-01 Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office
1939-09-02 1939-11-26 Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office
1939-12-01 1940-05-31 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, British Expeditionary Force
1940-06-01 1940-07-27 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ?
1940-07-31 1941-05-30 Chief Administration Officer, Scottish Command
1941-06-01 1942-09-14 Chief Administration Officer, Home Forces
1942-09-15 1944-01-29 Chief Administration Officer, Allied Force Headquarters
1944-XX-XX Chief Administration Officer, Supreme Headquarter Allied Expeditionary Force
1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Vice Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarter Allied Expeditionary Force
1944-10-19 1954-10-14 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Service Corps
1945-11-07 1947-07-15 Representative of Director-General of United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration in Europe
1946-02-01 1958-02-01 Colonel-Commandant, Army Catering Corps
1947-10-14 Retired
Picture source: NPG x167722, National Portrait Gallery, London