The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Maurice Fitzgibbon Grove-White

Grove-White, Maurice Fitzgibbon

Lieutenant-General

* 7th of December 1887

† 3rd of April 1965

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1928-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1932-06-29 Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-06-29 Colonel (Dated back to 1931-07-01)
1939-05-30 Major-General
1940-11-11 Acting Lieutenant-General
1941-11-11 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1942-09-30 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-General
1945-03-31 Granted the Honorary rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-06-29 1936-07-13 Half-pay
1936-07-13 1939-05-30 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1939-05-30 1940-11-11 General Officer Commanding 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division
1940-11-11 1942-09-30 General Officer Commanding II Anti-Aircraft Corps
1943-08-12 1944-05-08 Major-General Post Hostilities Planning, War Office
1944-05-08 1945-03-31 Member of the British Delegation, Washington Conversations on International Peace & Security Organisations
1945-03-31 Retired
1946-03-20 1954-01-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1947-09-19 1950-09-04 Honorary Colonel, 571st Search Light Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army
Picture source: NPG x167993, National Portrait Gallery, London