The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Edward Roy Caffyn

Caffyn, Edward Roy

Brigadier

* 27th of May 1904

† 17th of June 1990

(Territorial Army)

Promotions

1939-08-31 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-15 Acting Brigadier
Temporary Brigadier
1945-04-11 Colonel

Service

1941-XX-XX Deputy Director of ?, War Office
1941-06-16 1941-12-15 Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer, Northern Command
1941-12-15 1942-XX-XX Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, Northern Command
1942-XX-XX Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, War Office
1943-XX-XX Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, 8th Army [North Africa - Italy]
1943-XX-XX 1945-08-XX Director of Mechanical Engineering, 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe]
1951-02-13 Retired
1951-11-19 1955-08-01 Honorary Colonel, T.A. Unit