The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Charles Anderson Lane Dunphie

Dunphie, Charles Anderson Lane

Major-General

* 20th of April 1902

† 8th of January 1999

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1940-06-15 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-09-15 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-01 Acting Colonel
1941-06-01 Acting Brigadier
1941-12-01 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-01 Temporary Colonel
1941-12-01 Temporary Brigadier
1944-11-27 Acting Major-General
1944-12-31 Colonel (Dated back to 1944-12-01)
1945-11-27 Temporary Major-General
1947-11-01 Brigadier
1948-05-09 Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General

Service

1940-06-15 1941-05-31 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1941-06-01 1942-04-30 Brigadier General Staff, ?
1942-05-01 1942-08-26 Commanding Officer 20th Armoured Brigade
1942-08-26 1943-03-10 Commanding Officer 26th Armoured Brigade [North Africa]
1943-03-11 1943-05-15 Brigadier Armoured Fighting Vehicles School
1943-05-16 1943-06-22 Advisor Royal Armoured Corps, Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa]
1943-06-23 1944-11-26 Deputy Director of Royal Armoured Corps, War Office
1944-11-27 1945-XX-XX Deputy Director-General Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Ministry of Supply
1945-XX-XX 1948-05-XX Director-General Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Ministry of Supply
1948-05-09 Retired
Picture source: NPG x167319, National Portrait Gallery, London