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Portrait of Major-General Francis Neville Mitchell

Mitchell, Francis Neville

Major-General

* 11th of October 1904

† 15th of September 1954

Promotions

1940-05-10 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-01-12 Relinquish the Local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-03-09 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-09 War Substantive Major
1941-06-09 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-08-27 Major
1942-12-21 Acting Colonel
1942-12-21 Acting Brigadier
1943-04-01 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1943-04-01 Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel
1943-04-14 Acting Colonel
1943-07-03 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-07-03 Temporary Colonel
1944-01-08 Acting Brigadier
1944-01-10 Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-03-28 Temporary Brigadier
1945-01-19 Acting Major-General
1945-02-27 Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General
1948-06-02 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-07-03)
1953-10-01 Temporary Major-General
1954-01-15 Brigadier (Dated back to 1953-01-01)

Service

1940-05-10 1941-01-12 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1941-03-09 1942-08-12 General Staff Officer 1, 9th Armoured Division
1942-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
1942-12-21 1943-04-01 Commanding Officer 20th Armoured Brigade
1943-XX-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 23rd Armoured Brigade
1944-01-07 1944-08-12 Commanding Officer 26th Armoured Brigade [Italy]
1944-08-13 1944-08-21 Acting General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division [Italy]
1944-08-23 1945-01-17 Commanding Officer 26th Armoured Brigade [Italy]
1945-03-03 1945-03-15 Commanding Officer 26th Armoured Brigade [Italy]
1945-04-03 1945-07-22 Commanding Officer 26th Armoured Brigade [Italy]
1945-XX-XX 1946-XX-XX Assistant Deputy Adjutant-General, Allied Force Headquarters
1947-01-XX 1949-01-XX Commanding Officer 22nd Armoured Brigade
1949-01-XX 1951-06-XX Brigadier Royal Armoured Corps, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1951-06-XX 1953-09-XX Chief of Staff, I Corps [Germany]
1953-10-01 1954-09-15 General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division
1954-09-15 Killed in a riding accident
Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Mitchell_%28British_Army_officer%29