The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Charles Henry Irwin Akehurst

Akehurst, Charles Henry Irwin

Brigadier

* 20th of January 1900

† 16th of March 1979

(Royal Signals)

Promotions

1941-09-01 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-17 Acting Colonel
1943-03-17 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-03-17 Temporary Colonel
1944-05-08 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-04-04 Acting Brigadier
1946-06-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-03-16)
Temporary Brigadier
1950-02-01 Brigadier

Service

1942-11-20 1944-XX-XX Deputy Director of Signals, Army Headquarters India
1945-04-04 1945-11-XX Chief Signal Officer, Southern Army [India]
1945-11-XX 1947-08-14 Chief Signal Officer, Southern Command [India]
1947-XX-XX 1954-XX-XX Director of Signals, Indian Army Headquarters
1954-11-09 Retired