The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Michael Denman Gambier-Parry

Gambier-Parry, Michael Denman

Major-General

* 21st of August 1891

† 30th of April 1976

(Royal Tank Corps)

Nickname: GP

Promotions

1929-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-03-27 Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-11-16 Colonel (Dated back to 1932-07-01)
1938-08-26 Temporary Brigadier
1940-08-06 Acting Major-General
1940-10-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1938-07-13)

Service

1929-09-30 1933-09-29 Senior Instructor at the Tank Gunnery School
1935-03-27 1936-11-15 Special employment, Royal Tank Corps, Army Headquarters India
1936-11-16 1938-08-25 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1938-08-26 1940-08-05 Commanding Officer Malaya Brigade [Malaya]
1939-12-13 1940-09-30 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1940-10-31 Head of the British Military Mission to Greece
1941-01-10 1941-02-11 General Officer Commanding CreForce [Crete]
1941-02-12 1941-04-08 General Officer Commanding 2nd Armoured Division, North Africa
1941-04-08 1943-09-XX Prisoner of War [Italy]
1944-09-20 Retired
Picture source: From Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War /ed. by Walter Hutchinson, 1945