The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier William Edmund Roberts Blood

Blood, William Edmund Roberts

Brigadier

* 20th of February 1897

† 14th of March 1976

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1940-02-23 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-27 War Substantive Major
1941-06-13 Acting Brigadier
1941-12-12 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-13 Temporary Brigadier
1947-04-26 Granted the honorary rank of Brigadier

Service

1940-02-23 Assistant Director of Fortifications & Works, War Office
1941-06-13 Special employment
1943-XX-XX Chief Engineer, British Army Staff Washington