The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Wilfred d'Auvergne Collings

Collings, Wilfred d'Auvergne

Major-General

* 8th of August 1893

† 13th of April 1984

(Royal Army Service Corps)

Promotions

1939-12-28 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-28 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-07 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-08-13 Acting Colonel
1941-02-13 Temporary Colonel
1941-02-27 Acting Brigadier
1941-05-19 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1941-09-25 Acting Brigadier
1941-11-30 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1941-11-30 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1941-12-16 Temporary Colonel
1942-03-27 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1942-05-04 Temporary Colonel
1942-05-04 Acting Brigadier
1942-06-06 Temporary Brigadier
1943-06-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1943-06-07)
1943-09-30 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1943-11-29 Temporary Brigadier
1945-06-11 Acting Major-General
Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General
1946-05-15 Acting Major-General
1946-07-19 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-11-09)

Service

1940-08-13 1941-02-26 Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, Western Desert Force [North Africa]
1941-02-27 1941-05-19 Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, W Force [Greece]
1941-05-20 1941-09-24 Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, ?
1941-09-25 1941-11-30 Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, 8th Army [North Africa]
1942-09-03 Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, 9th Army
1942-09-04 1943-09-21 Director of Supplies & Transport, Persia & Iraq Command
1944-05-08 1945-06-10 Director of Supplies & Transport, 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe]
1945-XX-XX 1946-XX-XX Director of Supplies & Transport, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1946-05-15 1948-07-XX Inspector of the Royal Army Service Corps, War Office
1948-11-18 Retired
1949-XX-XX 1953-XX-XX Director of Supplies & Transport Division United Nations Relief & Works Agency Near East
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