The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Ewing Henry Wrigley Grimshaw

Grimshaw, Ewing Henry Wrigley

Major-General

* 30th of June 1911

† 1st of November 2007

(1st Punjab)

(Indian Army)

Nickname: Harry

Promotions

1944-04-15 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-07-15 War Substantive Major
1944-07-15 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-03-16 Acting Colonel
1945-03-16 Acting Brigadier
1945-08-14 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-08-14 Temporary Colonel
1945-08-14 Temporary Brigadier
1946-03-03 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1946-03-03 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1946-07-01 Major
1948-04-09 Relinquish the War Substantive rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1949-07-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1953-03-16 Lieutenant-Colonel
1954-08-29 Temporary Colonel
1956-05-16 Colonel
1956-08-10 Temporary Brigadier
1960-05-16 Brigadier
1962-01-22 Major-General

Service

1945-03-03 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
1945-03-03 1945-03-16 Acting Commanding Officer 161st Indian Brigade
1945-03-16 1945-12-29 Commanding Officer 161st Indian Brigade [Burma]
1946-03-05 1947-08-15 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Rawalpindi District [India]
1949-07-01 1950-11-26 General Staff Officer 1, Southern Command
1951-03-06 1952-02-23 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Southern Malaya District
1952-XX-XX 1954-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [Kenya]
1954-08-29 1956-08-03 Chief of Staff, Northern Ireland District
1956-08-10 1959-05-12 Commanding Officer 19th Infantry Brigade [Egypt - Cypress]
1959-07-23 1960-12-20 Deputy Director of Movements, War Office
1962-01-22 1965-07-02 General Officer Commanding 44th Infantry Division
1962-01-22 1965-07-02 District Officer Commanding Home Counties District
1965-07-30 Retired
1966-09-01 1968-07-01 Colonel, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1968-07-01 1973-05-15 Deputy Colonel, Royal Irish Rangers
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley