The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Treffry Owen Thompson

Thompson, Treffry Owen

Lieutenant-General

* 9th of August 1888

† 1st of December 1979

(Royal Army Medical Corps)

Promotions

1935-08-27 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-09-02 Acting Colonel
1941-03-02 Temporary Colonel
1941-03-26 Colonel (Dated back to 1938-08-27)
1942-01-18 Acting Brigadier
1942-07-18 Temporary Brigadier
1942-07-31 Acting Major-General
1943-07-31 Temporary Major-General
1944-11-11 Major-General
1946-03-25 Local Lieutenant-General
1948-05-15 Granted the Honorary rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-07-14 1937-01-31 Assistant Director of Hygiene & Pathology, Northern Command [India]
1938-03-01 1939-01-06 Assistant Director of Hygiene, War Office
1939-04-06 1941-05-06 Assistant Director of Hygiene & Pathology, Army Headquarters India
1941-XX-XX 1942-XX-XX Assistant Director of Medical Services, 8th Infantry Division
1942-01-18 1942-07-30 Deputy Director of Medical Services, Burma Command
1942-07-31 1942-12-04 Deputy Director of Medical Services, Central Command [India]
1942-12-05 1943-10-15 Deputy Director of Medical Services, Eastern Army [India]
1943-10-16 1944-11-12 Director of Medial Services, 11th Army Group [India]
1944-11-12 1945-04-07 Director of Medical Services, Allied Land Forces South-East Asia
1944-12-12 1948-05-15 Honorary Physician to the King
1945-04-07 1946-03-09 Director of Medical Services, South-East Asia Command
1946-03-25 1947-XX-XX Director of Medical Services, Army Headquarters India
1948-05-15 Retired
1950-02-02 1953-08-09 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Medical Corps
Picture source: From: "The British Medical Journal" 1980, Vol.280, No. 6207