The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Bernard Edward Fergusson

Fergusson, Bernard Edward

Brigadier

* 6th of May 1911

† 28th of November 1980

Nickname: Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and The Bay Islands

Promotions

1942-06-06 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-06 War Substantive Major
1942-09-06 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-23 Reverted to War Substantive Major
1943-08-20 Acting Colonel
1943-11-02 Acting Brigadier
1944-02-20 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-02-20 Temporary Colonel
1944-05-02 Temporary Brigadier
1945-01-12 Reverted to Temporary Colonel
1945-08-15 Temporary Brigadier
1946-07-01 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1946-12-08 Reverted to Major
1951-05-14 Temporary Colonel
1951-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1952-03-05 Lieutenant-Colonel
1952-05-06 Colonel
1955-01-10 Temporary Brigadier
1958-12-13 Granted the honorary rank of Brigadier

Service

1942-06-06 –1942-09-23 General Staff Officer 1 Joint Plans, Army Headquarters India
1943-10-30 –1944-09-01 Commanding Officer 16th Infantry Brigade [Burma]
1945-01-13 –1945-08-14 Colonel, Combine Operations, War Office
1945-08-15 –1946-12-08 Director of Combined Operations, Combined Operations Headquarters
1946-12-11 –1947-11-20 Assistant Inspector-General of Palestine Police
1948-XX-XX –1951-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Battalion Black Watch
1951-05-14 –1953-11-06 Colonel General Staff (Intelligence), Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
1954-XX-XX Attending the Imperial Defence College
1955-01-10 –1956-09-18 Commanding Officer 153rd Infantry Brigade
1956-09-20 –1957-02-XX Brigadier (SE), Allied Force Headquarters [Egypt]
1957-XX-XX –1958-XX-XX Commanding Officer 29th Infantry Brigade
1958-12-13 Retired
1962-XX-XX –1967-XX-XX Governor-General & Commander in Chief of New Zealand
Picture source: http://www.maybole.org/notables/fergusson/bf-nz-governor2.jpg