The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Jasper Baker

Baker, Jasper

Major-General

* 3rd of August 1877

† 21st of January 1964

(Royal Army Ordnance Corps)

Promotions

1915-12-22 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1916-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-08-04 Acting Colonel
1919-12-15 Reverted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-12-16 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1922-05-07 Lieutenant-Colonel
1925-01-01 Brevet Colonel
1927-07-27 Colonrl (Dated back to 1920-06-03)
1929-06-27 Temporary Brigadier
1932-01-01 Major-General

Service

1915-12-23 1916-08-03 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services,
1916-08-05 1917-08-03 Chief Ordnance Officer ? [France]
1917-08-04 1919-12-14 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, British Expeditionary Force [France]
1919-12-16 1921-10-XX Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, Portsmouth
1921-10-XX 1927-10-16
1926-05-26 1929-06-27 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1929-06-27 1932-01-01 Inspector of Army Ordnance Services, War Office
1932-01-01 1936-01-01 Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1935-12-12 1945-01-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
1936-01-01 Retired
1940-XX-XX 1940-04-15 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1940-05-28 1940-06-16 Inspector of Army Ordnance Services, War Office
1940-06-17 Retired
1940-XX-XX 1942-XX-XX Commanding Officer 9th Battalion Devon Home Guard
Picture source: Courtesy of John Redmond