The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Alexander Maurice Cameron

Cameron, Alexander Maurice

Lieutenant-General

* 30th of May 1898

† 25th of December 1986

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1939-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-01 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-25 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-04-24 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-29 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-11-11 Acting Colonel
1940-11-11 Acting Brigadier
1941-05-11 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-05-11 Temporary Colonel
1941-05-11 Temporary Brigadier
1941-09-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-06-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-01-01)
1943-07-15 Acting Major-General
1943-07-15 Temporary Major-General
1946-02-11 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-07-11)
1951-09-07 Lieutenant-General

Service

1939-09-06 1940-02-29 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1940-03-01 1940-03-25 Assistant Quartermaster-General ?
1940-03-26 1940-04-23 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1940-04-24 1940-11-10 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1940-11-11 1942-02-25 Brigadier General Staff, ?
1942-02-26 1943-07-14 Commanding Officer 29th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1943-07-15 1944-05-22 General Officer Commanding 6th Anti-Aircraft Group
1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Major-General Anti-Aircraft, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
1945-12-01 1948-07-XX Deputy Quartermaster-General (Army Equipment), War Office
1948-09-XX 1951-06-27 Chief Administration Officer, Middle East Land Forces
1951-09-07 1953-06-07 General Officer Commanding in Chief East Africa Command
1953-06-07 1953-12-09 Deputy Commander in Chief East Africa Command
1954-09-29 Retired
1955-XX-XX 1960-XX-XX Director of Civil Defence South-east Region
Picture source: NPG x166331, National Portrait Gallery, London