The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Francis Stewart Gilderoy Piggott

Piggott, Francis Stewart Gilderoy

Major-General

* 18th of March 1883

† 26th of April 1966

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1918-03-18 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-03-31 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1924-06-02 Colonel (Dated back to 1923-01-01)
1935-06-30 Major-General

Service

1918-03-18 1918-04-10 General Staff Officer 1, 5th Army [France]
1918-04-10 1919-03-31 General Staff Officer 1, 2nd Army [France]
1920-02-01 1921-10-21 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1921-10-22 1926-04-07 Military Attaché to Japan
1926-04-08 1927-07-01 Half-pay
1927-07-01 1930-12-14 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1931-12-15 1935-05-12 Deputy Military Secretary, War Office
1931-12-15 1935-05-12 Assistant Secretary of the Selection Board, War Office
1935-05-13 1936-04-02 Half-pay
1936-04-02 1939-12-17 Military Attaché to Japan
1939-12-17 Retired
1941-06-07 1951-03-15 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers