The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Clive Gerard Liddell

Liddell, Clive Gerard

General

* 1st of May 1883

† 9th of September 1956

(Royal Leicestershire Regiment)

Nickname: Jock

Promotions

1916-01-03 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-10-23 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1923-06-23 Brevet Colonel
1928-03-02 Colonel (dated back to 1921-10-23)
1931-06-16 Temporary Brigadier
1933-12-30 Major-General
1937-12-13 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1938-01-29 Lieutenant-General
1941-09-05 General (Dated back to 1941-02-06)

Service

1916-01-03 1916-12-07 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 55th Infantry Division [France]
1916-12-11 1917-02-06 Special employment, War Office
1917-02-07 1919-02-28 Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office
1919-03-01 1922-04-30 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1923-XX-XX 1925-09-04 Deputy Administrator British Empire Exhibition
1927-01-17 1928-XX-XX Attending the Imperial Defence College
1928-03-02 1931-06-15 General Staff Officer, 1 War Office
1931-06-16 1934-04-06 Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade
1934-04-07 1935-01-01 Half-pay
1935-01-01 1935-11-26 General Officer Commanding 47th Infantry Division
1935-11-27 1937-12-12 General Officer Commanding 4th Infantry Division
1937-12-13 1939-06-30 Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office
1939-07-11 1941-05-14 Governor-General & Commander in Chief Gibraltar
1941-05-14 1942-XX-XX Inspector-General of Training, War Office
1942-11-01 Retired
1943-03-22 1948-05-01 Colonel, Royal Leicestershire Regiment
1943-10-27 1949-10-27 Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea
Picture source: NPG x85357, National Portrait Gallery, London