The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Alfred Sidney Buttenshaw

Buttenshaw, Alfred Sidney

Brigadier

* 8th of December 1886

† 1979

Promotions

1935-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-03-27 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-01-01 Brevet Colonel
1940-04-01 Acting Colonel
1941-11-04 Acting Brigadier
1942-05-04 Temporary Brigadier
1942-10-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-11-02)
1946-06-26 Granted the honorary rank of Brigadier

Service

1940-07-20 1940-10-01 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services ?
1940-10-02 1941-11-03 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1941-11-04 1942-08-04 Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, War Office
1942-08-05 1944-11-16 Commandant of Training Establishment Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
1944-11-17 Commandant of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Training Establishments
1945-10-01 1946-XX-XX General Staff Officer 1 (Technical Training), Eastern Command
1946-06-26 Retired