The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Richard Byran Wyndham Bethell

Bethell, Richard Byran Wyndham

Brigadier

* 15th of September 1906

† November 1990

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1940-08-28 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-05-26 Reverted to Major
1941-08-28 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-11-28 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-07-14 Reverted to Major
1942-08-31 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-04-16 Acting Colonel
1945-04-16 Acting Brigadier
1945-10-16 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-10-16 Temporary Colonel
1945-10-16 Temporary Brigadier
1946-07-23 Reverted to War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1947-12-28 Temporary Colonel
1949-04-12 Lieutenant-Colonel
1950-05-07 Colonel
1951-01-29 Temporary Brigadier
1954-03-25 Brigadier

Service

1940-08-28 1941-08-27 General Staff Officer 2 ?
1941-08-28 1942-07-14 General Staff Officer 1 ?
Commanding Officer 181st Field Regiment Royal Artillery
1945-04-16 1946-04-27 Commander Royal Artillery, 23rd Indian Infantry Division
1945-09-28 1945-12-12 Commanding Officer CRA's Brigade [Netherlands East Indies]
1946-04-27 1946-06-XX Commanding Officer Buitenzorg Brigade
1946-07-24 1947-04-18 General Staff Officer 1 ?
1947-12-28 1950-12-16 Colonel General Staff, Royal Air Force Staff College
1951-01-29 1953-11-08 Brigadier General Staff, Northern Command
1954-01-16 1955-10-09 Commander Royal Artillery, 43rd Infantry Division
1956-01-01 1956-07-31 Commanding Officer 89th Army Group Royal Artillery
1956-08-01 1956-12-31 Commander Royal Artillery, 54th Infantry Division
1959-07-16 Retired