The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Charles Douglas Packard

Packard, Charles Douglas

Lieutenant-General

* 17th of May 1903

† 20th of November 1999

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1941-07-30 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-10-30 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-08-08 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-08-27 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-07-10 Acting Colonel
1943-07-10 Temporary Brigadier
1944-01-10 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-01-10 Temporary Colonel
1944-01-10 Temporary Brigadier
1945-09-11 Acting Major-General
1946-09-11 Temporary Major-General
1947-01-17 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General
1947-01-23 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-09-11)
1947-11-01 Brigadier
1948-01-08 Temporary Major-General
1948-07-07 Major-General (Dated back to 1948-03-23)
1956-08-01 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1957-02-04 Lieutenant-General

Service

1941-07-30 1942-08-26 General Staff Officer 1, 8th Army
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Royal Horse Artillery
1943-07-10 1944-02-19 Commanding Officer ? Group
1944-02-20 1944-06-25 Commander Royal Artillery, ?
1944-06-27 1944-12-20 Commanding Officer 36th Infantry Brigade [Italy - North Africa]
1945-01-01 1945-06-25 Deputy Chief of Staff, 15th Army Group [Italy]
1945-09-11 1945-11-14 Head of Interior Division, Allied Council Austria
1948-01-08 1949-11-10 Director of Military Intelligence, War Office
1949-11-10 1951-03-26 Head of the British Military Mission to Greece
1951-03-26 1953-01-26 Chief of Staff, Middle East Land Forces
1953-03-27 1956-03-16 Vice Quartermaster-General, War Office
1956-08-01 1958-02-25 Military Adviser to the West African Governments
1957-03-01 1962-03-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1958-07-18 1959-07-31 General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District
1959-08-01 1961-07-18 General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Ireland Command
1961-08-15 Retired
Picture source: x90866, National Portrait Gallery, London