The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Henry Osborne Curtis

Curtis, Henry Osborne

Major-General

* 18th of November 1888

† 28th of January 1964

(King's Royal Rifle Corps)

Nickname: Squeak

Promotions

1927-01-21 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1929-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1930-01-20 Relinquish the Local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-06-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1934-04-13 Colonel (Dated back to 1932-07-01)
1940-01-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1938-07-18)

Service

1927-01-21 1930-01-20 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1931-06-01 1934-04-12 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
1934-04-13 1936-01-04 Commanding Officer British Troops in Palestine
1936-01-05 1936-01-30 Half-pay
1936-01-30 1938-01-11 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1938-01-12 1939-12-18 Commanding Officer 3rd Infantry Brigade [France]
1939-12-05 1940-06-05 General Officer Commanding 46th Infantry Division [France]
1940-06-10 1940-06-23 General Officer Commanding 49th Infantry Division
1940-06-23 1942-04-26 General Officer Commanding Alabaster Force [Iceland]
1942-04-26 1943-04-11 General Officer Commanding 49th Infantry Division
1943-04-12 1944-02-16 District Officer Commanding Salisbury Plain District
1944-02-17 1944-12-14 District Officer Commanding Hants & Dorset District
1944-12-15 1945-XX-XX District Officer Commanding Hants & Aldershot District
1946-02-08 Retired
1946-02-11 1954-06-30 Colonel-Commandant, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps