The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Charles John Stuart King

King, Charles John Stuart

Lieutenant-General

* 13th of October 1890

† 7th of January 1967

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1931-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-12-31 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-02-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1934-07-01)
1939-06-21 Temporary Brigadier
1940-06-09 Acting Major-General
1941-06-09 Temporary Major-General
1941-08-15 Major-General (Dated back to 1940-11-28)
1944-11-30 Acting Lieutenant-General
1945-09-30 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General
1946-01-26 Granted the Honorary rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1929-01-29 1933-01-28 Chief Instructor, Royal Military Academy
1933-02-28 1935-10-08 Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, 1st Grade, Army Headquarters India
1935-10-09 1937-01-31 Commander Royal Engineers (Reconstruction), Baluchistan District [India]
1937-02-01 1938-10-31 Deputy Chief Engineer, Baluchistan District [India]
1938-11-01 1939-05-10 Chief Engineer, Quetta Reconstruction [India]
1939-05-11 1939-06-20 Deputy Chief Engineer, Southern Command
1939-06-20 1939-10-03 Chief Engineer, Southern Command
1939-10-04 1940-06-08 Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force [France]
1940-06-09 1941-05-11 Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, Home Forces
1941-05-12 1941-09-03 Controller-General of Military Works Services, War Office
1941-09-04 1944-11-29 Engineer-in-Chief, War Office
1944-XX-XX 1946-XX-XX Special Welfare Inspector India & South-East Asia Command
1946-01-26 Retired
1946-06-26 1956-06-25 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1948-01-01 1952-04-14 Honorary Colonel, ? , Territorial Army
Picture source: NPG x164430, National Portrait Gallery, London