The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Richard Elton Goodwin

Goodwin, Richard Elton

Lieutenant-General

* 17th of August 1908

† 28th of October 1986

(Suffolk Regiment)

Nickname: Dick

Nickname: Reggie

Promotions

1941-04-07 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-07-07 War Substantive Major
1941-07-07 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-03-23 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-06-24 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-10-08 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-11-07 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-06-22 Acting Colonel
1945-06-22 Acting Brigadier
1945-12-22 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-12-22 Temporary Colonel
1945-12-22 Temporary Brigadier
1947-01-02 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1947-01-02 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1949-02-02 Temporary Colonel
1951-02-05 Colonel
1951-07-25 Temporary Brigadier
1956-01-01 Brigadier
1957-12-21 Temporary Major-General
1958-06-21 Major-General
1963-12-03 Lieutenant-Colonel

Service

1941-04-07 1942-03-23 Commandant of Company Commander School
1943-06-24 1944-10-08 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment [Northwestern Europe]
1945-06-22 1946-04-01 Commanding Officer 214th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1949-02-02 1951-04-25 Colonel on Staff (Training), Far East Land Forces
1951-07-25 1954-10-17 Commandant of the School of Infantry
1954-11-17 1957-11-XX Commanding Officer 6th Infantry Brigade [Germany]
1957-12-21 1960-10-12 District Officer Commanding North Midland District
1957-12-21 1960-10-12 General Officer Commanding 49th Infantry Division
1960-10-12 1963-11-01 General Officer Commanding East Africa Command
1962-09-11 1964-09-01 Colonel, 1st East Anglian Regiment
1963-12-03 1966-01-10 General Officer Commanding I Corps [Germany]
1964-09-01 1966-01-15 Deputy Colonel, Royal Anglian Regiment
1966-01-15 1971-10-01 Colonel, Royal Anglian Regiment
1966-01-20 1969-01-13 Military Secretary, Ministry of Defence
1969-02-10 Retired
1969-09-10 1972-12-09 Lieutenant of the Tower of London