The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Charles Bonham-Carter

Bonham-Carter, Charles

General

* 25th of February 1876

† 21st of October 1955

(Royal West Kent Regiment)

Promotions

1916-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1916-01-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-04-12 Temporary Brigadier-General
1918-01-01 Brevet Colonel
1919-06-26 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier-General
1919-10-08 Lieutenant-Colonel
1921-09-24 Colonel
1924-04-18 Temporary Colonel on Staff
1926-05-20 Reverted to Colonel
1926-05-21 Major-General
1933-04-21 Lieutenant-General
1937-10-12 General

Service

1916-01-01 1917-04-11 General Staff Officer 1, 7th Infantry Division [France]
1917-04-12 1919-03-30 Brigadier-General General Staff (Training), British Expeditionary Force [France]
1919-10-08 1921-09-24 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
1921-09-24 1924-02-14 Commanding Officer 129th Infantry Brigade
1924-02-15 1924-04-18 Half-pay
1924-04-18 1926-08-20 Colonel on Staff, Eastern Command
1927-10-01 1931-05-31 Director of Staff Duties, War Office
1931-06-01 1933-07-20 General Officer Commanding 4th Infantry Division
1933-07-21 1933-10-01 Half-pay
1933-10-01 1936-03-31 Director-General of Territorial Army, War Office
1936-04-01 1940-10-01 Governor & Commander in Chief of Malta
1936-09-01 1946-10-01 Colonel, Royal West Kent Regiment
1938-08-17 1941-08-17 Aide-de-Camp General to the King
1940-10-01 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley