The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Bernard Edward Cooke Dixon

Dixon, Bernard Edward Cooke

Major-General

* 7th of September 1896

† 9th of October 1973

(Royal Engineers)

Nickname: Dicker

Promotions

1939-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-08-30 Acting Colonel
1940-12-24 Acting Brigadier
1941-02-28 Temporary Colonel
1941-06-24 Temporary Brigadier
1943-12-31 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-08-01)
1944-05-09 Acting Major-General
1945-05-09 Temporary Major-General
1947-11-01 Brigadier
1948-12-01 Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General

Service

1940-XX-XX Chief Engineer, British Troops in Palestine & Trans-Jordan
1943-XX-XX Chief Engineer, British Troops in Egypt
1943-XX-XX Engineer-in-Chief Middle East Command
1944-05-XX 1947-04-XX Engineer-in-Chief, Central Mediterranean Forces
1947-06-10 1948-09-XX Chief Engineer, Western Command
1948-12-01 Retired