The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Henry Bernard Wylde Hughes

Hughes, Henry Bernard Wylde

Major-General

* 8th of May 1887

† 22nd of February 1953

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1931-05-18 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-05-18 Colonel (Dated back to 1934-05-18)
1939-04-18 Temporary Brigadier
1940-04-15 Acting Major-General
1941-04-15 Temporary Major-General
1942-10-16 Major-General (Dated back to 1940-11-16)

Service

1935-05-18 1935-06-29 Half-pay
1935-06-29 1936-12-15 Instructor at Senior Officers' School Sheerness
1936-12-16 1939-04-17 Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office
1939-04-18 1940-03-25 Chief Engineer, Western Command
1940-04-15 1942-XX-XX Engineer-in-Chief, Middle East Command
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Deputy Chief Engineer, Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa]
1943-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Chief Engineer, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
1944-12-17 1945-10-XX Engineer-in-Chief, War Office
1944-12-17 1945-10-XX Director of Royal Engineers, War Office
1946-01-16 Retired
Picture source: NPG x169640, National Portrait Gallery, London