The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Maurice Anthony Wingfield

Wingfield, Maurice Anthony

Major-General

* 21st of June 1883

† 14th of April 1956

(Rifle Brigade)

Promotions

1915-09-22 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-10-21 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-12-01 Temporary Brigadier-General
1919-02-28 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1919-03-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1922-03-14 Colonel (Dated back 1921-01-01)
1939-12-18 Acting Brigadier
1940-06-18 Temporary Brigadier
1941-05-14 Acting Major-General
1941-11-17 Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General

Service

1915-09-22 1917-07-25 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 7th Infantry Division [France]
1917-07-26 1917-11-XX Assistant Quartermaster-General, 2nd Army [France]
1917-11-XX 1918-03-XX Assistant Quartermaster-General, British Troops in Italy
1918-03-XX 1918-11-30 Assistant Quartermaster-General, 2nd Army [France]
1918-12-01 1919-02-28 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, VII Corps [France]
1919-03-01 1922-08-15 Instructor at the Staff College Camberley
1922-08-15 1922-11-20 Half-pay
1922-11-20 1925-06-04 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1925-06-04 1926-12-XX Commanding Officer 143rd Infantry Brigade
1926-12-05 Retired
1939-12-18 Recalled
1939-12-18 1941-11-17 Director of Quartering, War Office
1941-11-17 Retired
Picture source: NPG x9000, National Portrait Gallery, London