The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Geoffrey Bernard Sylvester Hindley

Hindley, Geoffrey Bernard Sylvester

Major-General

* 25th of October 1902

† 19th of December 1980

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1941-01-02 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-04-02 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-12-09 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-12-22 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-08-11 Acting Colonel
1943-10-14 Acting Brigadier
1944-02-11 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-02-11 Temporary Colonel
1944-04-15 Temporary Brigadier
1945-03-24 Acting Major-General
1945-04-20 Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General
1947-04-28 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1947-11-05 Lieutenant-Colonel
1947-11-15 Colonel (Dated back to 1947-02-11)
1947-11-15 Temporary Brigadier
1952-03-20 Brigadier

Service

1941-01-02 1942-12-09 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Commanding Officer 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery [North Africa]
1943-08-11 1943-10-13 Colonel (Intelligence), ?
1943-10-14 1944-02-29 Director of Staff Duties, West Africa Command
1944-03-01 1945-06-09 Brigadier-General Staff, West Africa Command
1945-03-24 1945-04-20 Acting Chief of Staff, West Africa Command
1945-07-26 1947-02-21 Deputy Director of Staff Duties (B), War Office
1947-11-15 1949-06-06 Commanding Officer Gold Coast Area
1947-11-15 1949-06-06 Commanding Officer Gold Coast Regiment
1949-07-20 1952-12-09 Commanding Officer 15th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1953-01-30 1956-01-14 Deputy Quartermaster-General, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1956-XX-XX Retired