The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Charles Evans

Evans, Geoffrey Charles

Lieutenant-General

* 13th of January 1901

† 27th of January 1987

(Royal Warwickshire Regiment)

Promotions

1941-05-14 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-08-14 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-04-09 Acting Colonel
1942-04-09 Acting Brigadier
1942-10-09 Temporary Colonel
1942-10-09 Temporary Brigadier
1944-06-05 Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-07-17 Acting Major-General
1945-06-19 Colonel
1945-07-17 Temporary Major-General
1946-06-16 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General
1946-07-17 Temporary Major-General
1947-02-22 Major-General (Dated back to 1946-04-02)
1951-10-13 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1952-02-29 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-General
1953-05-07 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1953-10-29 Lieutenant-General

Service

1941-05-14 1942-04-08 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment [North Africa]
1942-04-09 1943-08-22 Commandant of Staff College Quetta [India]
1943-10-21 1944-01-28 Brigadier General Staff, IV Corps [Burma]
1944-02-14 1944-02-25 Commanding Officer 9th Indian Brigade
1944-02-25 1944-07-16 Commanding Officer 123rd Indian Brigade
1944-07-17 1944-09-03 General Officer Commanding 5th Indian Division [Burma]
1944-12-09 1946-02-07 General Officer Commanding 7th Indian Division [Burma - Siam]
1946-02-07 1946-02-21 Officiating General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces in Siam
1946-07-17 1946-11-13 Chief of Inter-Services Military Exchange Commission
1946-11-14 1947-01-14 Chief of Main Headquarters, Potsdam [Germany]
1947-01-15 1947-12-31 District Officer Commanding North-West District
1947-01-15 1947-12-31 General Officer Commanding 42nd Infantry Division
1948-01-01 1949-06-05 Director of Military Training, War Office
1949-06-06 1951-07-31 General Officer Commanding 40th Infantry Division [Hong Kong]
1950-08-01 1951-10-12 General Officer Commanding Land Forces Hong Kong
1951-10-13 1952-01-31 Temporary General Officer Commanding British Forces in Hong Kong
1952-03-01 1953-04-13 Assistant Chief of Staff (Organisation & Training), Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
1953-05-07 1957-05-08 General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Command
1957-06-05 Retired
1959-06-01 1963-05-01 Honorary Colonel, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1963-05-01 1964-06-01 Honorary Colonel, 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley