The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Charles de Lisle Gaussen

Gaussen, Charles de Lisle

Major-General

* 1st of August 1896

† 18th of July 1971

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1938-09-27 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-05 Acting Colonel
1940-12-05 Temporary Colonel
1941-09-16 Acting Brigadier
1942-03-16 Temporary Brigadier
1942-11-15 Colonel (Dated back to 1941-09-27)
1947-08-27 Acting Major-General
1947-11-01 Temporary Major-General
1948-07-01 Brigadier
1950-06-16 Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General

Service

1940-06-05 1940-10-11 Chief Engineer, ? [Middle East]
1940-10-13 1941-09-15 Deputy Engineer-in-Chief Middle East Command
1941-09-16 1943-02-09 Chief Engineer, XIII Corps [Middle East]
1943-02-12 1943-02-21 Chief Engineer, ?
1944-03-15 1945-06-12 Chief Engineer, Northern Command
1945-06-13 1945-12-23 Chief Engineer, Central Command [India]
1945-12-23 1946-09-XX Deputy Chief Engineer, Army Headquarters India
1946-09-XX 1947-07-XX Chief Engineer, Northern Command [India]
1947-07-XX Engineer-in-Chief, Army Headquarters India
1948-04-XX 1950-05-XX Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, War Office
1950-06-15 Retired
Picture source: From: "The Royal Engineers Journal", 1971, Vol. 85, No. 4