The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Oswald Cuthbert Borrett

Borrett, Oswald Cuthbert

Lieutenant-General

* 4th of March 1878

† 28th of July 1950

(The King's Own Royal Regiment)

Promotions

1915-08-17 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1916-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-07-13 Temporary Brigadier-General
1918-04-02 Reverted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-10-11 Temporary Brigadier-General
1919-04-14 Reverted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-04-15 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-06-03 Brevet Colonel
1919-08-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-10-13 Lieutenant-Colonel
Temporary Colonel Commandant
1920-06-20 Temporary Brigadier-General
1920-12-31 Reverted to Temporary Colonel Commandant
1922-01-05 Reverted to Brevet Colonel
1923-05-03 Temporary Colonel Commandant
1927-08-17 Temporary Colonel Commandant
1928-06-01 Temporary Brigadier
1930-11-03 Major-General
1935-06-30 Lieutenant-General
1941-07-21 Reverted to Colonel (At his own request)
1941-10-14 Reverted to Lieutenant-General

Service

1915-08-17 1916-07-15 Commanding Officer 5th Battalion The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1916-07-16 1917-07-12 Commanding Officer ? Battalion The Royal Lancastershire Regiment
1917-07-13 1918-04-02 Commanding Officer 197th Infantry Brigade [France]
1918-10-11 1918-11-18 Commanding Officer 54th Infantry Brigade [France]
1918-11-19 1919-04-14 Commanding Officer 55th Infantry Brigade [France]
1919-04-15 1919-09-03 Commanding Officer 51st Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment
1919-06-03 1930-11-03 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1920-06-20 1920-12-31 Commanding Officer ? Brigade, Waziristan Field Force [India]
1922-01-05 Commanding Officer ? Brigade
1923-05-03 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment
1923-05-03 1927-05-03 Commanding Officer 7th Indian Infantry Brigade
1926-11-19 1945-01-01 Colonel, The King's Own Royal Regiment 03.05.27- ? : Half-pay
1927-XX-XX 1931-05-16 Commanding Officer British Troops, Shanghai Area [China]
1931-02-16 1931-05-14 Half-pay
1931-05-15 1932-11-30 General Officer Commanding 46th Infantry Division
1932-12-01 1935-11-07 General Officer Commanding British Troops in China
1935-11-08 1938-10-26 Half-pay
1936-03-06 1939-03-06 Lieutenant of Tower of London
1938-10-26 Retired
1940-06-10 Inspector of Prisoners of War, War Office
1941-10-14 Retired