The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Desmond Harrison

Harrison, Desmond

Major-General

* 11th of November 1896

† 23rd of June 1984

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1940-03-16 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-16 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-05-17 Acting Colonel
1941-10-08 Acting Brigadier
1941-11-17 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-11-17 Temporary Colonel
1942-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-04-08 Temporary Brigadier
1943-09-24 Acting Major-General
1944-05-08 Colonel
1944-09-24 Temporary Major-General
1947-08-08 Grated the Honorary rank of Major-General

Service

1940-03-16 1940-11-21 Commander Royal Engineers, 3rd Infantry Division [France]
1940-12-05 1941-05-16 Commander Royal Engineers ?
1941-05-15 1941-10-07 Special employed, War Office
1941-10-08 1942-08-23 Deputy Engineer-in-Chief (A), War Office
1942-08-24 1943-09-23 Commandant of the School of Military Engineering
1943-11-16 1946-03-15 Engineer-in-Chief, South-East Asia Command
1946-06-01 1947-07-XX Director of Fortifications & Works, War Office
1947-08-08 Retired