The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Philip Neame

Neame, Philip

Lieutenant-General

* 12th of December 1888

† 28th of April 1978

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1918-06-20 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1922-06-24 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1923-04-30 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel
1932-06-17 Colonel (Dated back to 1926-06-24)
1934-07-03 Temporary Brigadier
1938-02-28 Major-General (Dated back to 1937-12-19)
1940-08-05 Acting Lieutenant-General
1944-01-21 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General
1945-08-25 Local Lieutenant-General
1947-07-17 Granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1918-06-20 1918-11-14 General Staff Officer 1, 30th Infantry Division [France]
1918-11-14 1919-02-28 General Staff Officer 1, No. 2 Tank Group [France]
1919-03-01 1923-04-30 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1924-01-31 1925-03-15 Brigade Major, 5th Infantry Brigade
1930-01-14 1931-01-XX Attending the Imperial Defence College
1932-06-17 1933-12-12 General Staff Officer 1, Waziristan District [India]
1933-12-13 1934-05-06 Half-pay
1934-07-03 1938-02-05 Brigadier General Staff, Eastern Command [India]
1938-02-28 1939-09-03 Commandant of Royal Military Academy Woolwich
1939-09-04 1940-02-04 Deputy Chief of Staff, British Expeditionary Force [France]
1940-02-14 1940-08-05 General Officer Commanding 4th Indian Infantry Division [North Africa]
1940-08-05 1941-02-27 General Officer Commanding British Troops in Palestine & Trans-Jordan
1941-02-28 1941-04-08 General Officer Commanding Cyrenaica
1941-02-28 1941-04-08 Military-Governor of Cyrenaica
1941-04-08 1943-XX-XX Prisoner of War [Italy]
1945-02-01 1955-01-31 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1945-08-25 1953-10-15 Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey
1945-08-25 1947-07-17 General Officer Commanding Troops Channel Islands
1947-07-17 Retired
1948-01-14 1959-01-14 Honorary Colonel, 131st Parashute Engineer Regiment, Territorial Army
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley