The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Kenneth Noel Crawford

Crawford, Kenneth Noel

General

* 25th of June 1895

† 5th of March 1961

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1935-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-09-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-09-16 Colonel (Dated back to 1938-01-01)
1940-01-10 Acting Brigadier
1940-07-10 Temporary Brigadier
1942-12-12 Acting Major-General
1943-12-12 Temporary Major-General
1944-12-04 Major-General (Dated back to 1943-06-06)
1946-03-01 Acting Lieutenant-General
1947-03-01 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1947-08-19 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1944-12-13)
1952-02-05 General

Service

1934-10-01 1936-03-30 General Staff Officer 2, Lucknow District [India]
1937-02-20 1938-09-23 Chief instructor at the School of Military Engineering
1939-04-12 1939-08-31 Commander Royal Engineers, ? [India]
1939-09-01 1940-01-04 General Staff Officer 1, British Expeditionary Force [France]
1940-01-10 1940-09-08 Commandant of the Army Gas School
1940-09-09 1941-10-27 Director of Chemical Warfare, Home Forces
1941-10-28 1942-12-11 Brigadier General Staff, Home Forces
1942-12-12 1946-02-28 Director of Air, War Office
1946-03-01 1947-05-11 General Officer Commanding British Land Forces in Greece
1947-05-12 1949-09-13 Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1949-09-14 1953-10-01 Controller of Supplies (Munitions), Ministry of Supply
1951-09-11 1961-03-05 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1952-XX-XX 1953-10-29 Chairman of Royal Ordnance Factories Board of Management
1952-10-08 1960-04-08 Honorary Colonel, 10th Battalion, Parashute Regiment, Territorial Army
1953-10-29 Retired
1958-10-01 1961-03-05 Chief Royal Engineer
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley