The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Walter Rutherford Goodman

Goodman, Walter Rutherford

Major-General

* 7th of February 1899

† 7th of October 1976

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1941-08-01 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-11-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-03-30 Acting Colonel
1943-03-30 Acting Brigadier
1943-09-30 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-09-30 Temporary Colonel
1943-09-30 Temporary Brigadier
1945-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1946-10-16 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-09-30)
1950-05-07 Brigadier
1952-10-01 Temporary Major-General
1953-10-08 Major-General

Service

1943-03-30 1946-03-05 Commander Royal Artillery 10th Indian Division
1949-07-23 1952-09-XX Brigadier Royal Artillery, Western Command
1952-10-01 1955-11-01 General Officer Commanding 3rd Anti-Aircraft Group
1955-11-29 Retired
1956-03-16 Honorary Colonel, 12th General Stores Company, Territorial Army
1958-12-30 1964-07-21 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1965-02-07 Honorary Colonel, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, East Lowland District, Territorial Army