The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Vincenzo Di Benedetto

Di Benedetto, Vincenzo

Lieutenant-General

* 29th of January 1866

† 16th of December 1942

Promotions

1915-05-16 Lieutenant-Colonel
1915-10-10 Colonel
1917-08-23 Brigadier-General (War merits)
1923-02-01 Major-General
1927-11-02 Lieutenant-General

Service

1915-10-10 1917-04-21 Commanding Officer 85th Infantry Regiment
1917-04-22 1917-06-17 At disposal of the Ministry of War
1917-06-18 1917-11-02 Commanding Officer Infantry Brigade "Taranto"
1918-06-18 1919-09-09 General Officer Commanding 61st Infantry Division
1919-09-10 1920-02-28 At disposal of the Ministry of War
1920-03-01 1920-09-03 General Officer Commanding 8th Infantry Division
1920-09-03 General Officer Commanding 26th Infantry Division
1925-07-13 General Officer Commanding Territorial Military Division Messina
1925-07-15 1927-09-08 Director-General of Officers Personnel, Ministry of War
1927-09-09 1927-11-01 Acting General Officer Commanding Customs Guards
1927-11-02 1932-01-20 General Officer Commanding Customs Guards
1932-01-21 1940-01-29 Unemployed
1940-01-29 Retired