The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Leslie Hamlyn Williams

Williams, Leslie Hamlyn

Major-General

* 13th of June 1892

† 7th of August 1965

(Royal Army Ordnance Corps)

Promotions

1933-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-07-01 Brevet Colonel (Dated back to 1936-07-01)
1938-02-08 Temporary Colonel
1939-06-13 Colonel
1939-08-31 Temporary Brigadier
1940-03-16 Acting Major-General
1941-03-16 Temporary Major-General

Service

1939-08-31 1940-03-15 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1940-03-16 Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1940-03-16 1945-XX-XX Director of Warlike Stores, War Office
1942-09-18 1946-04-XX Controller of Ordnance Services, War Office
1945-01-01 1960-01-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
1946-06-28 Retired
Picture source: From "The Chilwell story : VC factory and ordnance depot" ny M.J. Haslam, 1982