The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General George Peregrine Walsh

Walsh, George Peregrine

Major-General

* 30th of June 1899

† 5th of February 1972

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1939-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-23 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-09-23 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-03-22 Acting Colonel
1942-03-22 Acting Brigadier
1942-07-10 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1942-07-10 Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel
1942-07-19 Acting Colonel
1942-07-19 Acting Brigadier
1942-09-30 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-30 Temporary Colonel
1942-09-30 Temporary Brigadier
1943-07-12 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-07-01)
1943-12-29 Acting Major-General
1944-11-26 Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General
1944-11-27 Local Major-General
1944-12-01 Acting Major-General
1945-01-01 Temporary Major-General
1947-11-01 Brigadier
1948-06-10 Temporary Major-General
1948-06-30 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-09-03)

Service

1940-02-15 1944-06-22 Instructor at Senior Officers' School Sheerness
1940-06-23 1941-08-28 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1941-08-29 1941-10-31 Special Employment [Middle East]
1941-11-01 1942-03-21 General Staff Officer 1, ? [Middle East]
1942-03-22 1942-07-10 Brigadier General Staff, XXX Corps [North Africa]
1943-12-29 1944-12-18 Chief of Staff, 8th Army [Italy]
1944-12-01 1945-08-13 Chief of Staff, Allied Land Forces South-East Asia
1948-06-10 1949-06-26 Chief of Staff, Southern Command
1949-06-26 1952-01-07 Director of Weapons & Development, War Office
1952-01-07 1954-05-17 Assistant Controller of Supplies (Munitions), Ministry of Supply
1954-07-01 Retired
1954-XX-XX 1960-XX-XX Assistant Controller of Munitions, Ministry of Supply
Picture source: Courtesy of the Kohima Museum