The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Leslie Norman Tyler

Tyler, Leslie Norman

Major-General

* 26th of April 1904

† 6th of January 1992

(Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers)

Promotions

1941-01-12 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-04-12 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-10-01 Major (Dated back to 1936-09-01)
1943-03-02 Acting Colonel
1943-09-02 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-09-02 Temporary Colonel
1945-04-01 Acting Brigadier
1945-06-13 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-10-01 Temporary Brigadier
1948-01-18 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1948-11-19 Colonel
1949-09-20 Temporary Brigadier
1953-09-15 Local Major-General
1953-09-19 Temporary Major-General
1954-01-29 Major-General

Service

1941-01-12 1942-12-11 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, ?
1943-03-02 1944-03-29 Assistant Commandant of ?
1944-04-19 1945-06-24 Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Army [Northwestern Europe]
1945-08-01 1948-01-18 Commandant of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Training Establishments
1948-01-19 1949-09-11 Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office
1949-09-20 1950-07-28 Director of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Land Forces
1949-09-20 1950-07-28 Director of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Land Forces
1950-08-26 1953-07-31 Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, War Office
1953-09-19 1955-11-09 Director of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Land Forces
1956-01-23 1957-04-19 Commandant Base Workshop Group, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
1957-06-28 1960-06-29 Director of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, War Office
1960-07-27 Retired
1961-05-22 1964-02-21 Honorary Colonel, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, 44th Infantry Division
1962-02-28 1967-02-28 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Picture source: NPG x185787, National Portrait Gallery, London