The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Harold Oswald Neville Brownfield

Brownfield, Harold Oswald Neville

Major-General

* 29th of December 1894

† 8th of July 1958

Promotions

1940-09-14 Temporary Brigadier
1946-03-24 Acting Major-General
1947-04-11 Major-General

Service

1940-04-16 1940-08-26 Commanding Officer 8th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery
1940-09-14 1941-11-06 Commander Royal Artillery, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division [England]
1941-11-07 1942-06-23 Commander Corps Royal Artillery, I Canadian Corps [England]
1942-06-24 1943-10-23 Brigadier Royal Artillery, 1st Canadian Army [England]
1943-10-24 1943-12-26 Commander Corps Royal Artillery, I Canadian Corps [Italy]
1943-12-27 1944-12-18 Brigadier Royal Artillery, 1st Canadian Army
1945-10-11 Commanding Officer Group C, Canadian Repatriation Units [England]
1946-01-23 1946-03-24 General Officer Commanding Prairie Command
1946-03-24 1947-05-31 Chief of the Canadian Army Staff, Washington
1947-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley