The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Francis Ivan Simms Tuker

Tuker, Francis Ivan Simms

Lieutenant-General

* 14th of July 1894

† 7th of October 1967

(2nd Gurkha Rifles)

(Indian Army)

Promotions

1933-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-02-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-10-27 Colonel (Dated back to 1936-07-01)
1940-09-08 Local Brigadier
1940-09-18 Acting Brigadier
1941-03-18 Temporary Brigadier
1941-10-01 Acting Major-General
1942-10-01 Temporary Major-General
1943-05-31 Major-General
1946-01-21 Acting Lieutenant-General
1946-11-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-07-01 –1934-04-06 Second in Command 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
1934-04-07 –1936-03-31 General Staff Officer 2, Rawalpindi District [India]
1936-10-XX –1937-02-01 Acting Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
1937-02-01 –1939-09-30 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
1939-03-16 – Acting Deputy Director of Staff Duties, Army Headquarters India
1939-10-01 –1940-07-14 General Staff Officer 1 ? [India]
1940-07-15 –1940-09-17 Deputy Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters India
1940-09-18 –1941-09-30 Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters India
1941-10-01 –1942-01-01 General Officer Commanding 34th Indian Division [India]
1942-01-02 –1944-03-24 General Officer Commanding 4th Indian Division [North Africa-Sicily-Italy]
1944-XX-XX –1945-XX-XX Chairman of Frontier Commission, India
1945-01-22 –1945-07-14 General Officer Commanding Ceylon Command
1945-07-14 –1945-08-18 Acting General Officer Commanding IV Corps [Netherlands East Indies]
1945-11-01 –1946-01-XX District Officer Commanding Lucknow District, India
1946-01-26 –1946-08-03 General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command [India]
1946-03-20 –1956-03-20 Colonel, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
1947-03-19 –1947-08-14 General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command [India]
1948-04-25 Retired
Picture source: NPG x91537, National Portrait Gallery, London