The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Charles James George Dalton

Dalton, Charles James George

Major-General

* 28th of February 1902

† 6th of January 1989

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1941-04-28 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-07-28 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-01-19 Acting Colonel
1944-01-19 Acting Brigadier
1944-07-19 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-07-19 Temporary Colonel
1944-07-19 Temporary Brigadier
1945-10-13 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1945-10-13 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1946-01-23 Temporary Colonel
1946-05-08 Temporary Brigadier
1946-10-23 Lieutenant-Colonel
1947-08-24 Colonel (Dated back to 1947-07-19)
1951-06-16 Temporary Major-General
1951-12-31 Brigadier
1954-01-11 Major-General

Service

1941-04-28 1942-12-09 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1944-01-19 1944-10-11 Commander Royal Artillery, 26th Indian Division [Burma]
1944-10-12 1944-10-19 Brigadier General Staff, XXXIII Indian Corps [Burma]
1944-10-21 1944-12-25 Brigadier General Staff, XXXIII Indian Corps [Burma]
1945-02-21 1945-07-24 Commander Royal Artillery, 14th Indian Division [Burma]
1946-01-23 1946-05-07 Deputy Commandant of ?
1946-05-08 1946-10-14 Chief ?, Allied Control Council Germany
1946-10-15 1949-01-23 Special employed Adjutant-General (Co-ordination), War Office
1949-03-21 1951-05-06 Commanding Officer 8th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1951-06-16 1954-06-28 Services Relations Adviser to United Kingdom High Commissioner, Allied Control Council Germany
1954-08-05 1957-08-06 Director of Manpower Planning, War Office
1957-09-03 Retired
1960-09-25 1965-09-25 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley