The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Richard Wakefield Goodbody

Goodbody, Richard Wakefield

General

* 12th of April 1903

† 29th of April 1981

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1942-04-13 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-07-13 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-02-18 Acting Colonel
1944-02-18 Acting Brigadier
1944-08-18 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-08-18 Temporary Colonel
1944-08-18 Temporary Brigadier
1946-01-14 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1946-03-15 Temporary Brigadier
1947-09-20 Colonel (Dated back to 1947-08-18)
1951-04-30 Temporary Major-General
1951-09-14 Major-General
1957-05-08 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1957-08-27 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1957-05-08)
1960-09-22 General

Service

1942-04-13 1942-12-09 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Commanding Officer 11th Royal Horse Artillery
1944-02-18 1944-03-15 Commanding Officer 2nd Armoured Brigade [Italy]
1944-03-08 1944-03-14 Acting General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division [North Africa]
1944-06-07 1944-09-22 Commanding Officer 2nd Armoured Brigade [Italy]
1946-03-15 1947-06-15 Commander Royal Artillery, 7th Armoured Division
1947-06-16 1948-01-01 Commanding Officer 15th Infantry Brigade
1948-01-10 1949-11-14 Deputy Director of Military Training, War Office
1949-12-01 1951-04-29 Commandant of School of Artillery, Larkhill
1951-04-30 1954-03-31 General Officer Commanding 56th Armoured Division
1954-04-05 1957-03-15 Director of Royal Artillery, War Office
1957-05-08 1960-05-11 General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Command
1958-01-01 1968-01-01 Colonel, Commandant, Royal Artillery
1959-08-16 1966-10-01 Colonel-Commandant, Honourable Artillery Company, Territorial Army
1960-07-18 1963-06-01 Adjutant-General to the Forces
1960-10-01 1968-01-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery
1961-12-28 1963-06-29 Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen
1963-06-29 Retired
Picture source: NPG x167862, National Portrait Gallery, London