The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Charles Ernest Rickards Hirsch

Hirsch, Charles Ernest Rickards

Major-General

* 11th of January 1903

† 20th of March 1975

(Welch Regiment)

Promotions

1941-11-15 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-02-15 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-07-26 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-08-30 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-04-04 Acting Colonel
1944-06-08 Acting Brigadier
1944-10-04 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-10-04 Temporary Colonel
1944-12-08 Temporary Brigadier
1946-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1947-10-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1947-10-04)
1952-07-01 Brigadier
1954-05-20 Local Major-General
1954-06-09 Temporary Major-General
1955-06-28 Major-General

Service

1941-11-15 1942-05-27 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1942-05-28 1943-07-26 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1944-04-04 1944-06-07 Colonel General Staff, ?
1944-06-08 1945-01-08 Brigadier General Staff (Intelligence), Allied Armies in Italy
1945-01-08 1945-03-15 Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), 15th Army Group [Italy]
1945-03-16 1945-05-19 Brigadier General Staff, ?
1945-06-11 1948-01-14 Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office
1948-02-26 1951-09-20 Senior Army Liaison Officer to South Africa
1951-11-15 1954-04-23 Chief of Staff to Commander in Chief (Designated) United Kingdom Land Forces
1954-06-09 1956-04-01 Deputy Chief of Staff to Supreme Commander United Nations Forces Korea
1956-06-05 1958-06-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, Allied Land Forces Central Europe
1958-09-13 Retired
1959-10-16 1965-03-01 Honorary Colonel, 5th Battalion, Welch Regiment
Picture source: Courtesy of Peter Hirsch