The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse

Beresford-Peirse, Noel Monson de la Poer

Lieutenant-General

* 22nd of December 1888

† 14th of January 1953

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1929-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-11-16 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-03-08 Local Colonel
1937-10-14 Colonel (Dated back to 1932-01-01)
1939-01-09 Temporary Brigadier
1940-08-05 Acting Major-General
1940-08-31 Major-General
1941-04-14 Acting Lieutenant-General
1942-04-03 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General
1942-04-09 Acting Lieutenant-General
1942-04-19 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1942-11-17 Lieutenant-General

Service

1929-06-21 –1931-09-30 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1934-01-04 –1935-11-15 Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Southern Command
1937-03-08 –1937-10-13 Special employment [India]
1937-10-14 –1939-01-08 Instructor at Senior Officers' School [India]
1939-01-09 –1939-09-22 Brigadier Royal Artillery, Southern Command [India]
1939-10-05 –1940-06-XX Commander Royal Artillery, 4th Indian Infantry Division [Middle East]
1940-08-05 –1941-04-27 General Officer Commanding 4th Indian Infantry Division [Ethiopia - North Africa]
1941-04-14 –1941-09-26 General Officer Commanding Western Desert Force [North Africa]
1941-09-26 –1941-10-04 General Officer Commanding XIII Corps [North Africa]
1941-10-04 –1942-04-03 General Officer Commanding Sudan Defence Force
1941-10-04 –1942-04-03 General Officer Commanding British Troops in Sudan & Eritrea
1942-04-09 –1942-06-09 General Officer Commanding XV Indian Corps [India]
1942-06-10 –1945-03-31 General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Army [India]
1944-10-07 –1953-01-14 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1945-04-15 –1947-XX-XX Welfare-General, Army Headquarters India
1947-06-13 Retired
Picture source: From "The desert generals" by Correlli Barnett, 1960