The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Edward Temple Leigh Gurdon

Gurdon, Edward Temple Leigh

Lieutenant-General

* 20th of October 1896

† 15th of December 1959

(Black Watch)

Promotions

1937-01-16 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-02-10 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-05-10 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-01-02 Acting Colonel
1941-01-02 Acting Brigadier
1941-01-03 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-03-25 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1941-03-25 Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel
1941-08-22 Acting Colonel
1941-08-22 Acting Brigadier
1941-10-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1941-07-01)
1941-11-29 Temporary Brigadier
1943-04-01 Acting Major-General
1944-04-01 Temporary Major-General
1946-02-08 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-05-29)
1947-06-27 Acting Lieutenant-General
1947-07-20 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-01-16 1940-02-09 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1940-02-10 1940-06-30 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 51st Infantry Division [France]
1940-07-01 1940-08-13 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Black Watch
1940-08-14 1941-01-01 Instructor at Senior Officers' School
1941-01-02 1941-03-25 Commanding Officer 25th Infantry Brigade
1941-08-22 1943-01-24 Brigadier General Staff, IV Corps [Burma]
1943-01-25 1943-03-31 Brigadier General Staff, Eastern Command [India]
1943-04-01 1944-11-07 Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters India
1945-XX-XX Major-General Staff, Home Forces
1945-09-XX 1946-12-XX General Officer Commanding 49th Infantry Division [Germany]
1947-01-XX 1948-10-XX District Officer Commanding Salisbury Plain District
1949-01-12 Retired
Picture source: NPG x168009, National Portrait Gallery, London