The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Rupert Tristram Oliver Cary

Cary, Rupert Tristram Oliver

Major-General

* 17th of August 1896

† 23rd of September 1980

(Royal Signals)

Promotions

1936-05-15 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-02-22 Colonel (Dated back to 1939-05-15)
1941-02-25 Acting Brigadier
1941-08-25 Temporary Brigadier
1943-11-19 Acting Major-General
1944-01-30 Reverted to Temporary Brigadier
1944-03-10 Reverted to Colonel
1944-11-01 Temporary Brigadier
Acting Major-General
1947-03-11 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-01-01)

Service

1936-05-15 1939-XX-XX Commanding Officer Training Battalion Catterick
1939-XX-XX Chief Signal Officer, IV Corps
1939-10-16 1940-02-03 Chief Instructor at School of Signals
1940-02-22 Chief Signal Officer, V Corps
1941-02-09 1942-03-26 Chief Signal Officer, South Eastern Command
1942-03-27 1942-09-03 Deputy Signal Officer in Chief, Middle East Command
1942-09-04 1943-02-08 Signal Officer in Chief, Persia & Iraq Command
1943-02-20 1943-06-22 Chief Signal Officer 8th Army [North Africa]
1943-09-08 1943-11-18 Chief Signal Officer, Eastern Command
1943-11-19 1944-01-30 Signal Officer in Chief, 21st Army Group
1945-11-01 1946-08-XX Commandant of School of Signals
1946-03-14 1947-XX-XX Aide-de-Camp to the King
1946-XX-XX 1949-09-01 District Officer Commanding Catterick District
1949-09-29 Retired
Picture source: From 'The Royal Corps of Signals: a history of its antecedents and development (circa 1800-1955)' by R.F.H. Nalder, 1958