General
* 25th of June 1895
† 5th of March 1961
(Royal Engineers)
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 |
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 |