The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General David Peel Yates

Peel Yates, David

Lieutenant-General

* 10th of July 1911

† 8th of October 1978

(South Wales Borderers)

Promotions

1942-06-22 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-22 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-03-13 Acting Colonel
1944-03-13 Acting Brigadier
1944-04-25 Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel
1944-04-25 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1945-02-12 Acting Colonel
1945-02-12 Acting Brigadier
1945-06-30 Temporary Colonel
1945-06-30 Temporary Brigadier
1946-09-15 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1946-09-15 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1951-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1951-09-01 Temporary Colonel
1953-11-03 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1953-11-16 Lieutenant-Colonel
1955-06-21 Colonel (Dated back to 1954-06-09)
1955-06-23 Local Brigadier
1955-07-28 Temporary Brigadier
1960-10-24 Temporary Major-General
1960-10-25 Major-General
1966-04-09 Lieutenant-General

Service

1942-06-22 1942-07-21 General Staff Officer 1, Expeditionary Force
1942-07-22 1943-05-26 General Staff Officer 1, 1st Army
Commanding Officer 6th Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
1944-03-23 1944-04-24 Acting Commanding Officer 138th Infantry Brigade [North Africa - Middle East]
1944-07-26 1945-02-11 General Staff Officer 1, 4th Infantry Division
1945-02-12 1945-09-30 Brigadier General Staff, Allied Force Headquarters
1945-10-01 1946-07-31 Brigadier General Staff "G", Central Mediterranean Force
1946-09-16 1949-05-29 Intructor at the Joint Services Staff College
1949-05-30 1951-08-31 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, War Office Staff, Western European Union
1951-09-01 1953-11-02 Instructor at NATO Defence College, Paris [France]
1953-XX-XX 1955-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers
1955-07-XX 1957-03-XX Commanding Officer 27th Infantry Brigade [Hong Kong]
1957-05-XX 1960-06-XX Assistant Commandant of Staff College Camberley
1960-10-24 1962-12-03 Chief of Staff, Eastern Command
1961-12-31 1969-06-11 Colonel, South Wales Borderers
1962-12-07 1966-01-28 General Officer Commanding British Sector Berlin [Germany]
1966-04-09 1968-04-01 General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command
1968-04-01 1969-05-12 General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Command
1969-06-09 Retired
1969-06-11 1977-09-26 Colonel, Royal Regiment of Wales
Picture source: x169915, National Portrait Gallery, London