The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Francis Poitiers Nosworthy

Nosworthy, Francis Poitiers

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of September 1887

† 9th of July 1971

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1919-06-13 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1921-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1922-XX-XX Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1926-01-07 Local Colonel
1928-03-15 Local Colonel-Commandant
1928-06-01 Local Brigadier
1928-06-22 Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier
1929-03-31 Local Brigadier
1929-07-11 Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier
1932-07-28 Lieutenant-Colonel
1932-09-22 Colonel (Dated back to 1925-01-01)
1935-04-13 Temporary Brigadier
1937-10-12 Major-General
1940-05-31 Acting Lieutenant-General
1940-06-08 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1938-07-12)

Service

1919-06-13 1922-XX-XX Instructor at Staff College Quetta [India]
1922-09-22 1926-01-06 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1926-01-07 1930-01-06 Chief Staff Officer to General Officer Commanding Sudan
1928-03-15 1928-06-22 Acting General Officer Commanding Sudan
1929-03-31 1929-07-11 Acting General Officer Commanding Sudan
1932-09-22 1935-04-07 General Staff Officer 1, British Troops in China
1935-04-08 1935-04-13 Half-pay
1935-04-13 1938-01-11 Commanding Officer 5th Infantry Brigade
1938-01-12 1938-05-14 Half-pay
1938-07-18 1940-05-21 Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters India
1938-07-18 1938-12-31 Director of Staff Duties, Army Headquarters India
1940-05-31 1941-12-04 General Officer Commanding IV Corps [Persia - Iraq]
1940-12-24 1950-12-23 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1942-02-01 1942-09-12 General Officer Commanding IX Xorps
1943-03-26 1945-01-04 General Officer Commanding in Chief West Africa Command
1944-05-26 1946-12-04 Colonel, Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners
1945-02-13 Retired
1946-12-05 1948-09-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Indian Engineers
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