The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Samuel Findlay Clark

Clark, Samuel Findlay

Lieutenant-General

* 16th of March 1909

† 3rd of September 1998

Promotions

1943-11-01 Acting Brigadier
1944-04-14 Temporary Brigadier
1949-10-21 Acting Major-General

Service

1941-02-20 1942-07-31 Commanding Officer 5th Canadian Armoured Divisional Signals [England]
1942-08-01 1942-12-30 General Staff Officer 1, Canadian Military Headquarters [England]
1943-05-08 1945-06-25 Chief Signal Officer, II Canadian Corps [England] - North-West Europe
1945-06-25 1945-07-31 Chief Signal Officer, Canadian Forces in the Netherlands
1945-07-31 1945-09-13 Chief Signal Officer, ?
1945-10-16 1947-11-30 Deputy Chief of the General Staff (C), National Defence Headquarters
1949-XX-XX Canadian Military Observer, Western Union Military Committee [England]
1949-XX-XX 1951-XX-XX Canadian Military Representative North Atlantic Treaty Organisation London
1951-08-20 Chairman of the Canadian Joint Staff London [England]
1951-08-21 1955-XX-XX Quartermaster-General, National Defence Headquarters
1955-XX-XX 1958-XX-XX General Officer Commanding Central Command
1958-XX-XX 1961-XX-XX Chief of the General Staff
1961-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Clive M. Law