The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Cecil Wotton Toovey

Toovey, Cecil Wotton

Lieutenant-General

* 17th of April 1891

† 23rd of February 1954

(1st Punjab Regiment)

(Indian Army)

Promotions

1935-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-02-18 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-04-27 Colonel (Dated back to 1938-01-01)
1941-02-12 Acting Brigadier
1941-08-12 Temporary Brigadier
1941-10-24 Acting Major-General
1942-10-24 Temporary Major-General
1943-11-02 Major-General
1945-06-01 Acting Lieutenant-General
1945-10-22 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-01-06 1937-01-05 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1937-02-18 1939-01-22 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
1939-01-22 1939-04-26 Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters India
1939-04-27 1940-05-02 Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters India
1940-05-03 1941-02-11 General Staff Officer 1, Indian Army Liaison, Middle East Command
1941-02-12 1941-10-23 Commanding Officer Line of Communication, Eritrea
1941-10-24 1943-11-25 Deputy Adjutant-General (1), Army Headquarters India
1943-11-26 1946-04-15 District Officer Commanding Rawalpindi District [India]
1945-06-01 1945-10-22 Acting General Officer Commanding North Western Army [India]
1947-01-08 Retired