The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Castelnau, Noël-Marie-Joseph-Edouard de Curières de
General
* 21st of December 1851
† 18th of March 1944
Promotions
| 1896-07-10 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1900-04-25 | Colonel |
| 1906-03-25 | Brigadier-General |
| 1909-12-21 | Major-General |
| 1912-07-12 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1916-12-19 | General |
Service
| 1905-12-26 | – | 1906-03-25 | Assistant General Officer Commanding Belfort Group |
| 1905-12-26 | – | 1906-03-25 | Assistant Governor of Belfort |
| 1905-12-26 | – | 1906-03-25 | Assistant Commanding Officer Sub-Division Belfort & Vesoul |
| 1906-03-25 | – | 1996-09-27 | Commanding Officer 24th Infantry Brigade |
| 1906-09-27 | – | 1909-12-21 | Commanding Officer 7th Infantry Brigade |
| 1906-09-27 | – | 1909-12-21 | Commanding Officer Sun-Division Compiègne & Soissons |
| 1909-12-23 | – | 1911-08-02 | General Officer Commanding 13th Infantry Division |
| 1909-12-23 | – | 1911-08-02 | Commanding Officer Sub-Division Lons-le-Saulnier, Langres & Besançon |
| 1911-08-02 | – | 1913-11-29 | First Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff |
| 1912-01-20 | – | 1913-11-29 | Member of the Technical Committee of the General Staff |
| 1913-11-29 | – | 1914-08-02 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1913-11-29 | – | 1914-08-02 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Army for Mobilisation |
| 1914-08-02 | – | 1915-06-21 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Army |
| 1915-06-22 | – | 1915-12-11 | Commander in Chief Central Army Group |
| 1915-12-11 | – | 1916-12-26 | Chief of the General Staff of the French Armies |
| 1916-12-27 | – | 1917-01-21 | Commander in Chief Eastern Army Group |
| 1917-01-21 | – | 1917-03-31 | At disposal |
| 1917-03-31 | – | 1919-02-10 | Commander in Chief Eastern Army Group |
| 1919-02-10 | – | 1944-03-18 | Unemployed |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley