The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Lionel Lennard Hoare

Hoare, Lionel Lennard

Major-General

* 24th of July 1871

† 26th of January 1975

(Royal Army Ordnance Corps)

Promotions

1916-01-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1924-12-13 Lieutenant-Colonel
1932-01-01 Colonel
1935-06-13 Temporary Brigadier
1938-02-08 Major-General

Service

1926-08-01 1931-03-20 Instructor at the Royal Army Ordnance Corps' School of Instruction
1931-03-21 1935-06-12 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1935-06-13 1938-02-07 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, Royal Army Ordnance Corps' Establishments
1938-02-08 1939-06-13 Principal Ordnance Officer, War Office
1939-06-13 Retired
1939-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Director of Progress & Inspection, Ministry of Supply
1939-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Military Advisor Ministry of Supply
Picture source: NPG x168337, National Portrait Gallery, London