The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Alec Wilfred Lee

Lee, Alec Wilfred

Major-General

* 20th of August 1896

† 5th of July 1973

(South Staffordshire Regiment)

Promotions

1934-01-16 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-07-03 Colonel (Dated back to 1939-01-01)
1940-06-14 Acting Brigadier
1940-12-14 Temporary Brigadier
1943-01-17 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1943-02-03 Temporary Brigadier
1943-08-21 Local Major-General
1944-02-10 Acting Major-General
1945-02-10 Temporary Major-General
1947-07-07 Granted the Honorary Rank of Major-General

Service

1934-01-16 1938-01-15 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1938-02-01 1939-07-02 General Staff Officer 2, Southern Command
1939-07-03 1939-12-03 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1939-12-04 1940-06-11 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ? [France]
1940-06-14 1940-11-03 Brigadier General Staff, II Corps
1940-11-04 1942-03-31 Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office
1942-04-01 1942-08-27 Commanding Officer 133rd Infantry Brigade [North Africa]
1942-09-03 1942-10-XX Commanding Officer 133rd Infantry Brigade [North Africa]
1942-10-XX 1943-01-16 Commanding Officer 133rd Lorried Brigade [North Africa]
1944-XX-XX Major-General in Command of Formation Training, Army Headquarters India
1944-XX-XX 1947-XX-XX Deputy Head of the British Army Staff Washington
1946-03-15 1947-07-07 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1947-07-07 Retired
1954-11-11 1959-01-31 Colonel, South Staffordshire Regiment
1959-01-31 1961-08-20 Colonel, Staffordshire Regiment
Picture source: NPG x168884, National Portrait Gallery, London