The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Maurice Arthur Pope

Pope, Maurice Arthur

Lieutenant-General

* 28th of August 1889

† 20th of September 1978

Promotions

1935-07-15 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-08-15 Colonel
1941-12-24 Major-General
1945-10-12 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-01-01 1938-08-14 General Staff Officer 1, National Defence Headquarters
1938-08-15 1938-12-11 Acting Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, National Defence Headquarters
1938-08-15 1939-XX-XX Secretary Chiefs of Staff Committee
1939-10-15 1940-05-12 Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, National Defence Headquarters
1940-06-01 1940-07-26 Colonel General Staff, Canadian Military Headquarters [England]
1940-07-27 1941-02-19 Brigadier General Staff, Canadian Military Headquarters [England]
1941-03-13 1941-12-23 Assistant Chief of the General Staff, National Defence Headquarters
1941-12-24 1942-02-14 Vice Chief of the General Staff, National Defence Headquarters
1942-03-06 1944-09-XX Head of the Canadian Military Mission Washington
1944-09-05 1945-10-XX Military Assistant to the Prime Minister
1945-10-12 1950-06-15 Head of the Canadian Military Mission to Allied Control Council Berlin
1950-06-15 1953-12-10 Ambassador to Belgium
1953-12-10 1956-03-20 Ambassador to Spain
1956-03-20 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Clive M. Law