The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Leonard Hamilton Howard-Jones

Howard-Jones, Leonard Hamilton

Major-General

* 4th of April 1905

† 15th of March 1987

(Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers)

(Territorial Army)

Promotions

1940-06-23 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-09-23 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-07-13 Acting Colonel
1942-01-13 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-01-13 Temporary Colonel
1942-10-16 Acting Brigadier
1943-04-16 Temporary Brigadier
1943-07-24 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1943-07-24 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1943-12-09 Temporary Colonel
1943-12-09 Temporary Brigadier
1945-05-31 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1946-03-31 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1948-05-26 Temporary Brigadier
1948-08-11 Lieutenant-Colonel
1951-11-02 Colonel
1956-06-22 Brigadier
1957-03-12 Temporary Major-General
1957-07-26 Major-General

Service

1940-06-23 1941-04-27 Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer, ?
1941-07-01 1941-07-11 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, 7th Armoured Division [North Africa]
1941-07-13 1941-10-03 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, XXX Corps [North Africa]
1941-10-05 1942-05-05 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, XXX Corps [North Africa]
1942-03-13 1942-09-30 Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer, XXX Corps [North Africa]
1942-06-15 1942-09-30 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, XXX Corps [North Africa]
1942-10-01 1943-05-24 Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, 8th Army [North Africa]
1943-05-26 1945-04-30 Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Army [Northwestern Europe]
1945-06-18 1946-03-31 Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Ireland District
1946-04-01 1948-05-05 Assistant Director of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Ireland District
1948-05-26 1951-05-21 Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, Anti-Aircraft Command
1951-07-02 1953-02-25 Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Command
1953-03-07 1957-02-XX Commandant of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers' Training Centre
1957-03-12 1960-05-XX Inspector of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, War Office
1960-06-03 Retired