Lieutenant-General
* 29th of December 1882
† 23rd of March 1976
(Royal Tank Regiment)
Nickname: The Brain
1917-08-28 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
1919-06-03 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
1921-01-05 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
1925-10-30 | Colonel (Dated back to 1923-06-03) |
1931-04-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
1934-09-12 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
1935-01-13 | Temporary Brigadier |
1936-11-25 | Major-General |
1939-09-03 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
1940-03-04 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1938-07-06) |
1917-08-28 | – | 1919-02-28 | General Staff Officer 1, Royal Artillery ? [France] |
1919-03-01 | – | 1921-01-05 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
1923-01-29 | – | 1924-05-23 | General Staff Officer 2, Eastern Command |
1924-10-20 | – | 1925-09-30 | Instructor at Tank Gunnery School |
1925-10-01 | – | 1927-03-26 | Chief Instructor at Royal Tank Corps Headquarters' Central School |
1927-03-27 | – | 1931-03-26 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
1931-03-27 | – | 1931-09-17 | Half-pay |
1931-04-01 | – | 1931-09-16 | Employed with Training Formations Royal Tank Corps |
1931-09-17 | – | 1934-09-12 | Brigadier General Staff, Aldershot Command |
1935-01-13 | – | 1937-02-23 | Commanding Officer 4th Indian Infantry Brigade [India] |
1937-02-24 | – | 1937-12-15 | Half-pay |
1937-12-15 | – | 1939-09-02 | Chief Administration Officer, Aldershot Command |
1939-01-14 | – | 1949-01-14 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Tank Regiment |
1939-09-03 | – | 1940-06-15 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Aldershot Command |
1940-07-01 | – | 1942-04-13 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command [India] |
1942-04-13 | – | 1942-07-29 | General Officer Commanding Eastern Army [India] |
1942-11-17 | Retired |